From: dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Cybard) Subject: Xfree bug in Linux, or hardware problem??? Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1993 19:52:39 GMT
I have been suddenly experiencing a problem in Xfree86 under Linux, and I'm
not sure if it is a software bug, or a sudden hardware failure. Here is my
system:
Insight 486DX-33 ISA, 64K cache
8 MB RAM
IDE drive controller / IO card
130 MB Seagate HD (124MB DOS / 6MB Linux swap)
170 MB WD Caviar HD (170 MB Linux ext2fs)
SoundBlaster Basic v1.0 (IRQ7)
14.4 K baud internal modem (COM2)
Logitech busmouse
Diamond SpeedStar 24 (not X) graphics card
TVM MediaScan 4A+ monitor
SLS 1.02 with the following upgrades:
kernel pl11
GCC 2.4.5
libc 4.4.1
fvwm 0.92
Xfree 1.3
I have been running with this configuration for a while now, but just
recently I've been experiencing the system hanging, especially while
running kermit or Seyon with Xfree running. Also, I've been getting short
horizontal line segments scattered in my xterm or on the root window, or
both. (Aren't these usually a symptom of a bad video card?) Refreshing
the screen does not work. I would only say that these problems might be
related, only because they started happening at the same time. Is this a
bug in Linux or Xfree, or is this a hardware problem? (or both?)
Thanks.
PS: I run Xfree in 1152x900 mode using the freq program with the line:
freq 62000 2
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