Re: video problems
Hi,
>>"Carey" == Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz> writes:
Carey> Jesse Goldman <jgoldman@hecate.fnal.gov> writes:
>> I'm having trouble with xdm. Every couple times the user exits the
>> window manager, the machine hangs with a black screen and red and
>> blue vertical lines. The only thing to do at this point is a hard
>> reboot. This has happened with a range of kernels (now it's using
>> 2.0.32) so it seems to me that either the video card (an S3 Virge)
>> or the driver is at fault.
Carey> Which X server are you using? I had a few problems with
Carey> lockups with the 3.2 S3V server, but now I'm using the 3.3 SVGA
Carey> server without any problems.
Carey> Whart brand of video card is it? Sometimes the accompanying
Carey> chips make a difference, as well as the main video chip.
I have the same problem; I am using the SVGA server (latest
hamm 3.3.1-2), with the 4MB Matrox Millenium. I have had this problem
ever since I switched to XF86 severs; which is when they started
supporting the Millenium.
I've tried Linux 2.0.29-32; 2.1.15-65 with no difference. But
for me it happens randomly; in the sense that sometimes I can
succesfully switch to a VT, though not at other times.
I have grown to accept this ...
manoj
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