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From: jin@gracie.lbl.gov (Jin Guojun[ITG])
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: MACH32 driver crashes using FreeBSD2.0.5R and XF3.1.1 on cdrom
Date: 9 Aug 1995 20:12:52 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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In article <40b10h$7qd@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>,
James Olson <olson@tupelo.ppc.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
>I was just wondering if anybody has had problems with the 
>Mach32 driver mysteriosly crashing during some programs.
>
>The server comes up fine and many X applications run, but 
>some crash the system (namely xfig).
>
>I am using 2.0.5R and X3.1.1 which came on the FreeBSD CDROM.
>The machine is a 486DX vesa bus PC.
>
>I am going to try 3.1.2, but I was just wondering if anybody else has 
>had this problem...


I beleive this is a bug, but I don't know it is in FreeBSD or XFree86.
I will try to install Linux on one of my machines to determine the problem.
The crashing is very bad. It fills up Mach32 board and the machine has to be
rebooted to clean up the mess. I more believe it is a XFree86 bug since I
tried Mach32 on different motherboard and 2.0.5R and 2.1-xxxx-SNAP. It always
crashes.

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