From: cooper@s1.elec.uq.oz.au (Robert Cooper) Subject: Re: PROBLEM: X386 freezing up station Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 00:44:26 GMT
platz_b3@hugo.rz.fh-ulm.de (RZ Diplomantenarbeitsplatz) writes:
>Hi,
>I got a problem when running X386. Sometimes the X-Server freezes
>the complete station. All X-Clients seem to stop ( clock doesn't
>update, xload doesn#t update ). I haven't tried to login into my
>station from remote, but i'm quite sure that the machine is hanging.
>The problem is that this doesn#t hppen all the time. Sometimes
>I can open lots of shell-windows and anything will work fine, but
>othertimes the statiob hangs after opening just two windows.
>I think my configuratuion in Xconfig is ok. I can create lots
>of processes if I don't use X386.
>I'm running linux 0.99p12 and XFree 2.0. Window-Manager is olvwm.
>Hardware: Cyrix 486DLC, VGA 16 ET4000 SVGA card, 8 MBYte RAM,
> 16 MByte Swap space
I am experiencing similar problems with Xfree 1.3. I also
have an ET4000 and 8MB RAM, but I have a 486DX 33.
>Question is: Is the defect described above a known failure
> (I hanve't found anything about it in README files).
> Can I do anything to avoid it?
Yes, I've done this too, and I think my setup is OK....looks
like the ET4000 drivers may be buggy. I have also tried
the NoSpeedUp option in Xconfig, but that doesn't make any
difference.
Rob.....