X still locks up

[Gregorio Gervasio Jr.]

>>>>> On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 11:47:14 +0100, Martin Costabel <costabel at univ-rennes1.fr> said:

m> I don't know if all this is really the same thing, but I have been
m> getting sudden X freezes randomly with all 2.2.x kernels when using
m> Xpmac. For me this was the main reason to switch to XFree68_FBDev
m> where I *never* got these with 2.2.x kernels. Now I am getting
m> these freezes also with XFree68_FBDev (some 3.3.6 version) when
m> using 2.3.x or 2.4.0 kernels. I very rarely use xmms (but always
m> netscape), and I get these freezes sometimes when the machine is
m> completely idle. Sometimes this happens after a couple of minutes,
m> sometimes after 3 days.

	This is the main reason I use XFree68_FBDev, too (2.2.17pre3
kernel, PowerWave w/ Newer G3 upgrade, ATI Mach64 GX video, XFree86
3.3.6) -- Xpmac would lock up the machine after a few minutes.  I
haven't tried a 2.[34].x kernel yet.  Ugh.  I guess I'll need to do
that soon.

Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.
gtgj at pacbell.net

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