Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 20:28:06 -0500 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Donn Miller <dmm125@bellatlantic.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netscape/swap_pager causing problems with syscons Message-ID: <16424.886469286@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Feb 1998 13:38:53 GMT." <Pine.NEB.3.96.980202132937.222A-100000@myname.my.domain>
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Donn Miller wrote in message ID <Pine.NEB.3.96.980202132937.222A-100000@myname.my.domain>: > Jordan hinted to this as a problem with syscons in one posting I saw. I > would have to agree. In general, running out of swap space with netscape > and X running wrecks havoc on syscons. I was wondering if anyone has > experience with this problem and a possible solution as to how to get > syscons responding again. I can't login by way of serial console so I > guess the only choice is to just ctrl+alt+delete The problem is that the X server reprograms the chipset on the video card to do what *it* wants. Syscons has no idea of the original settings, and therefore can't restore them if X exits abnormally (i.e. running out of swap and the kernel killing the server) The only possible solution is telling the console code how to reprogram the video chipset, and making X indirect through the console code for paramater changes. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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