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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:21:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Ben Calvert" <ben@stonehenge-net.com>
To:        "Remington L." <cableboy@charter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Potentially **DANGEROUS** bug in 5.0 - 5.1
Message-ID:  <33037.10.0.0.91.1055262104.squirrel@mail.stonehenge-net.com>
In-Reply-To: <auto-000052404612@remt30.cluster1.charter.net>
References:  <auto-000052404612@remt30.cluster1.charter.net>

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Remington L. said:
> I have a Sony VAIO GRX-570 laptop. When 5.0-R came out I noticed VERY
> unusual symptoms on startx. This is very hard to describe(I'm gonna get a
> picture and post). When I launch startx the screen goes blank, and imagine
> this ocean wave type thing sweep across my screen. Its not like just some
> a
> screensaver, you can tell by looking at it that its not good. The symptom
> lasts about 4 seconds and then it stops, and my system is frozen, no
> error,
> no kernel panic. This also happens in 5.1, but NOT in 4.8
>
> As I said its very hard to describe, I will attempt to grab a picture and
> Ill repost. What should I do about this bug?
>

This sounds like a problem with X and your monitor.  do you have the same
XF86Config in 5x as in 4x?

-- 
Ben Calvert
Stonehenge NetWorks
www.stonehenge-net.com



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