From: aron@luxor.ced.berkeley.edu (Aron Bonar) Subject: Re: X and Slackware 1.0.3? Date: 19 Sep 1993 22:27:34 GMT
In article <geoffw.748247859@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>, geoffw@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Geoffrey Warren Hicks) writes:
|> Posted on behalf of a friend who does not have net access
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|>
|>
|> cooper@s1.elec.uq.oz.au (Robert Cooper) writes:
|>
|>
|> > Has anyone else had trouble with XFree86 that came
|> > with the latest Slackware release??
|>
|> Yes!!!
|>
|> > I have an ET4000, Logitech mouse and 486 DX 33.
|>
|> I also have an Et4000 and a Logitech (bus) mouse, but a 386dx40
|>
|> > I have configured X for 800x600 256 colours with a
|> > virtual screen of 1024x768. After using it for
|> > about 10 to 20 minutes, the whole system freezes
|> > requiring a hard reset.
|>
|> I don't think I have this problem (then again, I haven't run X for
|> 20 minutes yet!!) My problem is that switching between virtual consoles
|> or exiting the server causes the video output to go into some weird text
|> mode that rolls the screen and is filled with "smiley" characters. Going
|> back to the graphic console displays a crapped out graphics screen. Exiting
|> the server and restarting it (blind!) restores the graphic screen, but the
|> same behaviour ensues when you switch/exit.
|> But sometimes, it doesn't do this.
|>
|> I think the ET4000 driver has a few problems, although XFree86 1.2 from the
|> SLS was used for approx six months with no problems.
|>
|> I've mailed xfree86@physics.su.oz.au but have yet to get an answer.
|>
|> Any ideas, anyone?
|>
|> Craig Southeren
I can't complain of any of those problems. I'm using Slackware 1.02 on
a 486dx-50 with an ET4000 based card (Orchid Prodesigner 2s) running
at 1024x768x256. Also using a Logitech mouse (serial).
No video problems yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.