Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 16:46:04 +0100 (MET) From: "Georg-W. Koltermann" <gwk@racer.dkrz.de> To: archie@tribe.com Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5R hanging inexplicably... Message-ID: <199511151546.QAA09453@racer.dkrz.de> In-Reply-To: <199511142107.NAA02611@bubba.tribe.com> (message from Archie Cobbs on Tue, 14 Nov 1995 13:07:15 -0800 (PST))
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> From: Archie Cobbs <archie@tribe.com> > > Mike Smith sez: > > Archie Cobbs stands accused of saying: > > > If I startup X, and then try to switch back to a text console, the screen > > > goes blank and everything hangs. > > > > > > I've got vt0-vt5 as login windows, running X on vt6... this happens > > > with the ET4000 X server, both versions 3.1.1 and 3.1.2. > > > > > > Could the ET4000 be involved somehow? > > > > The ET4000 (and particularly the W32 variants) XFree server is _very_fragile_. > > > > The cards themselves are no great shakes, and the behaviour of the server > > leads me to _strongly_ discourage people from using them. (Especially given > > how cheap S3-based cards are these days). > > The et4000/w32p server has been rock solid under Linux for over a year... > just a data point... > > -Archie > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > Archie L. Cobbs, archie@tribe.com * Tribe Computer Works http://www.tribe.com > ...and works for me since about as long _with FreeBSD_. I use the SVGA driver with a ET4000 card at work, and the W32 driver with a ET4000/W32 at home (dunno if it's a W32, W32i, or W32p card). The video cards that I have just say "Tseng", no other manufacturer is apparent. Maybe there are versions manufactured by Tseng itself? Anyway, I don't see problems. I'm using syscons, BTW. Regards, Georg-W. Koltermann, gwk@cray.com
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