Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 12:19:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: mike@smith.net.au, rivers@dignus.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk Subject: Re: Freeze with 2.2CAM-19980716-SNAP + XF863323 + PII + S3V Message-ID: <199809021619.MAA03071@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <199809020900.JAA03554@word.smith.net.au>
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> > > > 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
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