Re: Several problems
I have seen the same problem with the XF86_SVGA server with ATI cards. I
could not switch between X and a virtual console without blanking the
screen, freezing things, and other unpleasantness.
I would suggest using an accelerated server if one is available, not only
because it is much more stable and able to switch between video modes, but
they're also typically a lot faster
matt
On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, aphro wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Carlos H. S. Laviola wrote:
>
> clavio >1) Whenever I run X and switch to the console (ex.: control alt f2) and
> clavio >come back to X, it freezes. everytime. what could be wrong?
>
> i had this problem too, *I* attributed it to the driver, when i used
> acceleratedX it worked fine, but when i used XF86 (on certain versions) it
> did not, i just didn't ctrl-alt-f2 anymore :) if i needed to go to the
> console i'd kill xdm and exit out of X. Try upgrading the X driver, XF
> 3.3.6 is out now, it might help..but it might not.
>
> clavio >cdemo:~# insmod lp
> clavio >Using /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o
> clavio >/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> clavio >cdemo:~#
>
> is the driver already loaded? if not the hardware might not be configured
> in a way that the module can locate it. i always compile the parallel
> printer support directly into the kernel. i only use modules for
> sound/vmware/bttv/lm_sensors/ipmasq/ppp compression.
>
> clavio >The printer IS fine, it's been tested on a Windoze machine the same day.
> clavio >What could be wrong here too?
>
> its not a problem with the printer(yet) its for sure a driver problem
> with the parallel port itself. If you have a modern PC with onboard
> parallel, if you havent already i'd HIGHLY reccomend hard setting the lpt
> port in the bios to an address and not use "PnP" for it.
>
> nate
>
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