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Date:      Tue, 15 Aug 1995 07:40:22 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        frank@kaiwan.com (Frank Mayhar)
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Help!  Can't run X on 2.1.0-072695-SNAP!
Message-ID:  <199508150540.HAA02967@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199508142059.UAA00444@localhost> from "Frank Mayhar" at Aug 14, 95 08:59:53 pm

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As Frank Mayhar wrote:
> 
> I've installed the version of XFree86 3.1.1 that I found with FreeBSD 2.0.5
> on ftp.freebsd.org.  I can start X fine, but after a short time (no more than
> a couple of minutes), the server starts exhibiting flaky behavior, I see
> flashes and garbage (it doesn't stick around, it just flashes and goes away),
> then, shortly thereafter, the server becomes unresponsive.  It appears to be
> spinning, using CPU but otherwise completely wedged.
> 
> I've enclosed my config file below.  Any help with this would be _very_
> much appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Sorry, this config file is not of much use.  I suspect you are trying
to overdrive your graphics board.  Try looking up the specs, and
compare to the settings in your XF86Config file.  From your
description, the problem looks like you are overheating some chip of
the graphics card.

Should your problem persist, the support address for XFree86/tm might
be more helpful in this case, since FreeBSD provides this package as
an `add-on' without maintaining it.  (Actually, some people are
members of both groups, but the knowledge of the XFree86 folks is
better for your problem, of course.)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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