From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 2 09:17:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16110 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:17:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA16083; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:17:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id MAA25818; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 12:15:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA15018; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 12:52:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) id MAA03071; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 12:19:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 12:19:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199809021619.MAA03071@lakes.dignus.com> To: mike@smith.net.au, rivers@dignus.com Subject: Re: Freeze with 2.2CAM-19980716-SNAP + XF863323 + PII + S3V Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk In-Reply-To: <199809020900.JAA03554@word.smith.net.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > > Symptom: > > > > > > > > When running X under certain conditions > > > > (must be X server supporting S3V chipset accel., like XF86_SVGA, > > > > or XF86_S3V), and with certain programs, the machine will freeze > > > > instantly (no panic, nada). > > > > > > I have been seeing the same symptoms with an S3V system for a long time > > > (6+ months); by varying the options to the S3 server and the system PCI > > > timings I can alter the 'ease of freeze', but it's always possible. > > > Swapping console <-> X and popping up a twm menu will both do it. > > > > > > Either it's a bug in the S3V code, or the hardware itself (I have had > > > occasional lockups on that system with other operating systems as well). > > > > > > > I don't believe it's specific to the S3V code, as I get the exact > > same symptoms with the normal SVGA server (on a Matrox Millenium II card.) > > Which "exact same symptoms"? Specifically, can you just pop up a twm > menu 3 or 4 times and have the system freeze? I don't know about twm - I'll check. But, I have had the machine simply "freeze" - the only thing that would bring it back is a reset. > > > Is your kernel/system set up to do a savecore? Perhaps that would > > be enlightening... > > It'd only be enlightening if I had a serial console on the system, and > even then I'm not convinced the system is responding to interrupts at > that point so I may well not be able to do anything about it then. Hmm... you may be right there; although I'd hope with the ddb in the kernel you'd at least get a serial prompt... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message