Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 01:21:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@primenet.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Jeays <jeays@statcan.ca> Subject: Re: Crashed X-server Message-ID: <199707290821.BAA18204@foo.primenet.com> References: <> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970728221306.7914B-100000@localhost>
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In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: >On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Mike Jeays wrote: >> My X-server crashes much harder than this - it becomes entirely >> non-responsive to all key combinations that I have ever tried, >> including the ones you suggest. I believe the OS is still running in the >> background, but is entirely inaccessible. Does this seem plausible? >Yeah, it can happen. The X server must be locking up _solid_ for this to >happen. What type of video card do you have? I'm not Mike, but I thought I'd throw my $0.02 in. I have experienced even harder lockups than this, to the point of losing task switching (e.g. I'm playing midi music, and it stops, and _all_ drive accesses stop). This has been with a Matrox Millenium, 24bpp, with Motif applications . The color depth seems to be a critical factor: I'm using XFree under 32bpp and it's been fine, even when I'm behaving "dangerously". >From what I understand, 24bpp is more prone to bugginess than 32/8 bits. Mike, if you are experiencing hard crashes, I am curious if you are using 24bpp or 8/32? -- bryan k ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/
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