From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 16 21:37:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C3737B401 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:37:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9276F43EDE for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:37:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18OAQV-000Gaw-00 for freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 05:37:55 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 9F9B2166D for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:37:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id AC204169E for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:36:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id DB492225E9; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 05:47:31 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 05:47:31 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0-RC1: X server crash Message-ID: <20021217044731.GD81755@raggedclown.net> References: <20021216035427F.hanche@math.ntnu.no> <20021216090855.GA558@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20021216180700.GA855@newluxor.skynet.org> <20021216205509.GE558@nosferatu.blackend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021216205509.GE558@nosferatu.blackend.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 09:55:09PM +0100, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 07:07:01PM +0100, Paolo Pisati wrote: > > Please, try to run the memtest program (it's in the ports tree): > > i had a SERIOUS problem of memory corruption with > > my laptop (PIII, Intel815E, ATI Radeon M6, etcetc) with STABLE > > when i loaded the agp module. > > > > I reported this problem to the drm maintainer but he was unable > > to solve it... =P > > > > Run the memtest for a bit, and then report the result, maybe there's > > a strange bug floating around, or maybe i'm just drunk... =) > > > > We talked about a problem between X and -CURRENT, we had no problem > with -STABLE. > > Btw I don't see how memtest can report memory corruption, I thought it > was to test "hardware" problem. It is. Memtest will not tell you squat about this (unless you have real memory faults .. ). -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message