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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!network.ucsd.edu!sdcc12!icogsci2!cg18fbi From: cg18fbi@icogsci2.ucsd.edu (Richard Dante) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: XFree works in 800x600 but dumps core easiliy in 1024x768 Message-ID: <45808@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> Date: 1 Mar 93 05:33:07 GMT Sender: news@sdcc12.ucsd.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: icogsci2.ucsd.edu I've been using Xfree86 at an 800x600 resolution for a long time. Today I got a 1024x768 configuration working (I tried with 1.1 but no luck, 1.2 seems more friendly with working at high res with my monitor/video card combo) but the Xserver dumps core really easily (like in I do anything at all pretty much and it dumps core). What gives? My system: 386/33 12Megs ram. Diamond Speedstar + (booh, hiss), MAG computonics 1448 (another loser courtesy of gateway 2000) These observations might help those who might help me: I used to 1744x600 virtual with the 800x600 screen because I liked that. Server would dump core often while playing xtrek. When I switched to 1024x1024 virtual (after figuring out theat the 1.2 server didn't help the server core dumps with xtrek) ALL (well almost all) my server core dumps disappear. When using the 1024x768 resolution I HAVE to use Speedup and 1024x1024 or the machine locks up without me being able to do anything first once I start X. BTW, my swap partition is small (5.5 megs) and I have some memory filesystems (although unmounting them doesn't seem to help). Swapping DOES seem to occur EASILY with teh 1024x768 mode but not the 800x600 mode. If the answer is clear cut "I need more Memory" then I'll go out and buy 4 more megs to give me a total of 16, but 12, although not a lot, seems like a decent amount. Again, what gives? Finally, a public thanks to Rich Murphey for bringing X to us members of the 386bsd community (cheers and applause :) Rick Dante rdante@sdcc13.ucsd.edu