XF4 hangs on 2.4 kernel (was: Re: Control fb problem on 8500)

[Kostas Gewrgiou]

On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Michel Lanners wrote:

>
> On  19 Aug, this message from Benjamin Herrenschmidt echoed through cyberspace:
> >>My XFree 4.0 goes into an infinite loop eating CPU time when I boot a
> >>2.4.0 kernel. Xpmac does work, but with the artifact described in my
> >>previous mail.
> >
> > I have this exact same problem with XF4 on my Pismo (r128) with any 2.4.
> > The X server dies in this infinite loop and a black screen. Theo only way
> > I found to get the screen back is to telnet into the box, kill -9 the X
> > server, and launch Xpmac. This seems to restore the console system into a
> > working state.
>
> Ahh, so that problem is not control-specific.
>
> > I don't know what's up yet.
>
  I had the same problem, for me it went away after i disabled xfs
i didn't had any time yet to check whats going on (i am in vacations)
but i'll try to see whats wrong once i am back.

 Kostas


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