retitle 278724 xserver-xfree86: [nv] system hang when using gv, xmms, or lopster at depth 24 on NV5 [Aladdin TNT2] rev 32 [depth 16 works] tag 278724 - moreinfo thanks On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:57:51AM +0100, Ennio-Sr wrote: > I'm glad to inform you that changing the Section "Screen" DefaultDepth > from 24 to 16 the problem seems to have disappeared: at least I could > run my famous test (i.e. gv foo.txt) many times without locking the > system :-) Glad to hear that you have found a workaround! I'm sorry the Debian X mailing list was not more helpful to you. > Although I think you could reasonably close the bug, one question > remains: I had not set that value to 24 and, if I recall well, when I > configured X in old Woody and tried to run it with the wrong value, some > 'goblin' would come out from within the X Window System and tell me > that depth 24 was not supported by my video card! I don't think the bug should be closed. If this model of display adapter just flat out won't work at depth 24, the driver should reject it and the X server should refuse to start. Better still, someone should fix depth 24 support in the driver. Thanks for following up! -- G. Branden Robinson | "To be is to do" -- Plato Debian GNU/Linux | "To do is to be" -- Aristotle branden@debian.org | "Do be do be do" -- Sinatra http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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