From: kraus@rtsg.mot.com (David Kraus) Subject: Re: PROBLEM: X386 freezing up station Date: 21 Sep 1993 09:51:34
In article <cooper.748572266@s1.elec.uq.oz.au>, cooper@s1.elec.uq.oz.au (Robert Cooper) writes:
> 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.
I've been having lockups ever since I dropped in the ET4000, but I've been
blaming the hardware.
Generally, the lockup will occur when I'm moving a window. I'm using
either TWM or FVWM - doesn't matter. Also doesn't matter how long the
machine's been on, or how long I've been running in X. Or even, really
what's going on. I can pull up an xterm, and when I go to place it, if I
move it around as a wire frame too much, it'll freeze after redrawing bits
of the frame.
Also, another IMPORTANT data point: Same thing happens under DesqView/X,
under similar conditions. So I can't blame XFree, unless they're both
using the same style ET4000 drivers....
I haven't tried shutting off the speedup code - I'll give that a shot next,
and see how long it takes to see the problems again. It's pretty random,
but it's started to happen more and more again lately....
<SHRUG>
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