From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 17 16:27:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA06297 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 16:27:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fanfic.org (fanfic.org [205.150.35.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA06204 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 23:27:05 GMT (envelope-from dstenn@fanfic.org) Received: from fanfic.org (localhost.fanfic.org [127.0.0.1]) by fanfic.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA02675 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:27:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dstenn@fanfic.org) Posted-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:27:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:27:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Dennis Tenn To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE/DX w/ 4Mb RAM, XFree86 3.3.2 and xdm In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Dennis Tenn wrote: | I've been experiencing a problem with the above combination on my computer | and would like to know if I'm the only one and if there is a solution. | | I have a P166 w/ 128Mb RAM and the above hardware. When I start up my | computer in xdm the initial screen comes up perfectly. I login and if I | exit my X-window session I get a screen full of virtical red lines and my | console locks up. This also happened to a friend who is running XFree86 | 3.3.2 with the same card using Linux while I'm using it with FreeBSD | 3.0-current. We both are using the XF86_S3V accellerated driver. We both | would like to use xdm but this problem doesn't let us. Is this a problem | with the driver or the hardware, ie. the S3 ViRGE/DX video card? I should mention that if I don't start xdm but go to a console prompt and startx I can leave and startx without problems. It just happens with xdm. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dennis Tenn * There will always come a time dstenn@fanfic.org * When your love will be tested ICQ# 1457509 * Stand tall and rise to the occasion * For only then will you grow strong. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message