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From: David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: XFree86 locking up
To: vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu (-Vince-)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 23:08:02 +1000 (EST)
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>	I've been experiencing a problem with the FreeBSD 2.0-Alpha 
>distribution of XFree86.  I am currently up to the lastest FreeBSD 
>-current along with a new kernel but for some reason, when I use startx, 
>the whole machine will lock up after a short period of time.  I am using 
>a ASUS P54TP4 P5-90 motherboard based on the Intel Triton chipset with 
>the Diamond SpeedStar Plus Hi-Color 16-bit Video Card.  Does anyone have 
>any suggestions what I can do to find out if it is the video card causing 
>the problem since I've already pulled out all other cards and under 
>Microsoft windows, it locks up occasionally after I switch the drivers 
>but if I was using the TurboWindows drivers, it would lock up 
>immediately.  This setup has worked fine when I was using other motherboards

Check the ISA bus timings in the BIOS/chipset setup.  I think these
are the 8-bit I/O and 16-bit I/O settings (or something similar) for
the above board.  Also, check if the card has any wait-state or "turbo"
jumpers.  If that doesn't help, I'd conclude that the card and motherboard
are incompatible -- since the problem occurs only for that motherboard,
and in both Windows and XFree86.

David