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Date:      Wed, 2 Sep 1998 17:02:21 -0500
From:      Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Freeze with 2.2CAM-19980716-SNAP + XF863323 + PII + S3V
Message-ID:  <19980902170221.A290@znh.org.>
In-Reply-To: <199809012201.WAA00688@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Sep 01, 1998 at 10:01:56PM %2B0000
References:  <19980902011519.53151@deepo.prosa.dk> <199809012201.WAA00688@word.smith.net.au>

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On Tue, Sep 01, 1998 at 10:01:56PM +0000, Mike Smith wrote:
> 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 have an S3 968, and have been noticing that the console will freeze, but the
box still runs fine (hitting the console switching keys will cause beeps, and
nothing appears on the screen if other keys are hit -- If I'm in X, it
continues to work except that xconsole stops updating).  Network logins
continue to work just fine.

-- 
Zach Heilig -- zach@gaffaneys.com
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no
account be allowed to do the job.
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