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From: root@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de (Supervisor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Xserver problems R2.1.0
Date: 19 Aug 1996 19:21:12 GMT
Organization: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
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Hello out there.
I catched bad problems when runnig FreeBSD 2.1.0 with Spea V7 Mirage P64
VGA device!

Sometimes the Xserver breaks down, killing every output on the graphical
output device it is attached to. I have no idea why!
the problem occurs after several logins and logouts, then either the server
stops working and the system console is shown or the monitor stays dark.
for the lucky cases the console is shown I sometimes see that Xservers
stops due an caught error 11, sometimes it means it has to be stopping due
a protected socket (?????). When stopping screenoutput I try to
restart the system over the network, all things seems to be all right
but the dumped core in /. The Server dumps its core without any usable
information.

My configuration is a P90 with an old Intel Plato PCB and a buggy P90 cpu.
We use 32MB RAM and the Spea V7 Mirage P64 SVGA adaptor. The Xserver is
taken from FreeBSD, XFree-stable (the one is shown in the main path
of their server, without a trailing letter).

Can anybody help?

Please mail.

Best wishes and thanks in advance

hartmann

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Oliver Hartmann

harto000@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de