Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 23:08:02 +1000 (EST) From: David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au> To: vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu (-Vince-) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, XFree86@xfree86.org Subject: Re: XFree86 locking up Message-ID: <199506121308.AA14072@physics.su.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950611021740.21809R-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu> from "-Vince-" at Jun 11, 95 02:24:49 am
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> I've been experiencing a problem with the FreeBSD 2.0-Alpha >distribution of XFree86. I am currently up to the lastest FreeBSD >-current along with a new kernel but for some reason, when I use startx, >the whole machine will lock up after a short period of time. I am using >a ASUS P54TP4 P5-90 motherboard based on the Intel Triton chipset with >the Diamond SpeedStar Plus Hi-Color 16-bit Video Card. Does anyone have >any suggestions what I can do to find out if it is the video card causing >the problem since I've already pulled out all other cards and under >Microsoft windows, it locks up occasionally after I switch the drivers >but if I was using the TurboWindows drivers, it would lock up >immediately. This setup has worked fine when I was using other motherboards Check the ISA bus timings in the BIOS/chipset setup. I think these are the 8-bit I/O and 16-bit I/O settings (or something similar) for the above board. Also, check if the card has any wait-state or "turbo" jumpers. If that doesn't help, I'd conclude that the card and motherboard are incompatible -- since the problem occurs only for that motherboard, and in both Windows and XFree86. David
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