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To: "Rashid Karimov." <rashid@haven.ios.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD freezes sporadically ( X11 interact. ? ). 
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 11:01:02 +0000
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@star-gate.com>
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>>> "Rashid Karimov." said:
 > 		Hi there ,
 > 
 > > 
 > > > 		It happens randomly on previous SNAP ( 0210 ) .
 > > > 		The system doesn't reboot  - just freezes silently.
 > > > 		I run XFree 3.1.1 and I think that there is some
 > > > 		relation between the X11 and what happens 
 > > 
 > > Do you have DDB configured?
 > 
 > 	What's that ? :)
 > 
 > 
 > 	BTW , the card is DIAMOND STEALTH 64 ...
 > 
 > 	I was advised to play with options in X86Config , but I doubt
 > 	it - since not only X11 freezes , but whole PC . It literally
 > 	dies - no net , no reaction to keyboard, nada .
 > 	I most cases in doesn't reboot and the screen doesn't get
 > 	scrambled.
 > 	Pretty decent death , I would say :( No evidences for
 > 	post-mortem analisys .
 > 
 > > 
 > 
 > 	Rashid 

Your problem is the X server and no kernel debugging is going to help you.
The card simply freezes the system. Try to use the software cursor by
default the X server uses the hardware cursor. Also this problem is
not related to FreeBSD....

	Amancio