From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 28 14:41: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F577153AC for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 14:41:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA26051; Fri, 28 May 1999 14:40:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 14:40:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Timothy Ward Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd Overflow errors apparently being caused by X In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 26 May 1999, Timothy Ward wrote: > Howdy, and Thanks for taking the time to answer this if you can: > > I am having a problem with interrupt level overflow errors on my serial > port where my modem is running while starting X, which causes my serial > link to go down and sometimes freezes the computer. > > Now, the modem and mouse are not conflicting wheras the modem is serial > and on irq 3 and the modem is ps/2 and on irq 12. > > It only happens when I start x, do you have idea's? Depending on your type of video card, it may be interfereing with interrupt processing and may cause serial overflows. There isn't much you can do abut this otherthan slow down your seral connection. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message