From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Feb 2 17:30:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA26055 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 17:30:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (root@alex-va-n008c243.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA25967; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 17:29:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (gjp@localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA16428; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 20:28:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Donn Miller cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: netscape/swap_pager causing problems with syscons In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 02 Feb 1998 13:38:53 GMT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 20:28:06 -0500 Message-ID: <16424.886469286@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" Donn Miller wrote in message ID : > 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