Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 06:19:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Dennis Tenn <dstenn@fanfic.org> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE/DX w/ 4Mb RAM, XFree86 3.3.2 and xdm Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418061311.2575P-100000@fanfic.org> In-Reply-To: <199804180822.KAA08187@sos.freebsd.dk>
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On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Søren Schmidt wrote:
| > I have a P166 w/ 128Mb RAM and the above hardware. When I start up my
| > computer in xdm the initial screen comes up perfectly. I login and if I
| > exit my X-window session I get a screen full of virtical red lines and my
| > console locks up. This also happened to a friend who is running XFree86
| > 3.3.2 with the same card using Linux while I'm using it with FreeBSD
| > 3.0-current. We both are using the XF86_S3V accellerated driver. We both
| > would like to use xdm but this problem doesn't let us. Is this a problem
| > with the driver or the hardware, ie. the S3 ViRGE/DX video card?
|
| Hmm, I run a Dual P6/200 with a S3 ViRGE/DX 4MB on -current and the
| 3.3.2 XF86_S3V server. I see no problems, but I don't use xdm that
| often, but I have used it and it worked flawlessly....
|
| If it matters my ViRGE card is an "ExpertColor" one with EDO RAM....
Actually that is also what I have. I have no problems if I'm not using
xdm and only when using xdm do I get my system locked up. Could you try
using xdm and just try logging in and out of X a few times? Maybe 5 to 10
times, just to see if it remains stable. If it does could you send me a
list of your hardware specs? I'm not the only one experiencing this
problem so I sincerely doubt I have done something wrong and must believe
that it is either a hardware or a software problem. I'm hoping it's
software but also looking for a replacement video card if this can't be
resolved. My friend is using an ATI Expert@Play w/ 8Mb ram is having no
problems.
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