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Re: Well (or poorly) hung video cards (was Re: lousy browsers)



Karsten M. Self wrote:
> I've seen cards in various states:
> 
>   - Hung but fully resettable -- both X11 and console can be used again.
> 
>   - Hung, resettable in graphics mode only -- a X11 session can be
>     started, but console mode is fuxnored.  Generally I'll start an X
>     session to reboot the system (I use console periodically, it's a
>     pain when it's not accessible).
> 
>   - Fully locked, hung, frozen.  Usually the entire system is locked at
>     this point, no response to network, etc.  Hard boot.

Exactly, and the system described was clearly in one of the first two
states.

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see shy jo

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