Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 19:23:08 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: Prisoner <spatula@gulf.net> Cc: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/2494: page faults Message-ID: <4760.853525388@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Jan 1997 08:39:24 CST." <Pine.BSI.3.91.970117083702.4450H-100000@pompano.pcola.gulf.net>
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In message <Pine.BSI.3.91.970117083702.4450H-100000@pompano.pcola.gulf.net>, Pr isoner writes: >On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > >> The fault VA looks suspicious, it's not just a NULL pointer. It's >> 0x7200c4c - 0x52c = 0x7200720. Looks like trashed memory -- a pointer >> has been trashed by repeatedly dumping the short 0x720 over it. >> Incidentally, 0x720 is a space in the video frame buffer, with the >> default attribute 0x7 (white gray on black). > > Is it possible that this could be caused by a video card problem? >Would there be any merit in my trying a different video card? There seems to be quite some video cards out there with speed problems. We had a ET4000 based gadget that simply doesn't work with P6's at all :-( -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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