Not sure if this will be helpful at all, but here is a problem I ran into: I installed Suse 7.3 on my laptop, which has a somewhat weird graphics chipset. I couldn't get X11 to work because Suse choose to setup XFree86 version 3 (which doesn't support the chipset without a patch). After I realized this was happening, I started SaX2, which switched the machine to XFree86 version 4 - and all worked fine. Alain On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 09:26:16AM -0800, Christopher R. Carlen wrote:
Jason Poynting wrote:
[edit G400 32mb graphics card [edit] When the console screensave kicked in, it crashed. [edit] So I started X and
that seemed OK. Then I exited it. It crashed. The resulting fsck was a bit worrying.[edit]
Hi:
I have had similar problems. This is very disturbing because I specifically bought the G400 because the MGA was one of the best supported graphics chipsets for XFree86. I research very carefully what hardware to but when building a Linux box. I have had no problems whatever with two G400 boxes running any Linux until suse 7.3. Now it is a mess. I am having the same crashes as you.
1. Does anyone know for sure what is the cause of this problem? Is it the kernel, XFree86, or just a configuration issue?
I will not accept any suggestion that it is the card, because I have seen two G400s running flawlessly for almost 2 years in two machines across several versions of Suse Linux and XFree86.
2. What will fix this? It is pathetic to have a Linux system crashing like this, especially with a piece of mainstream graphics hardware.
I hope for sure this can be straightened out. Good luck, and I will begin researching this in depth in the next few days, as I have had the first two crashes of an entire Linux box while running only as a user since 1.2.8. This is very disappointing. I can't accept having Linux boxes behave like Windows 3.1.
____________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA crcarle@sandia.gov
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