Re: xfree and devel kernels > 2.3.99-pre6

From: Nils Philippsen (nils@fht-esslingen.de)
Date: Sun Jul 02 2000 - 11:20:23 EST


On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Jorge Nerin wrote:

> Well, Me too.
>
> I'm using XFree 3.3.6 but with a Voodoo 3, also SMP (2x200mmx) 96M ram
> and no usb, keyboard and mouse ps2. I think the problem in my case is
> realted to XFree trying to use DPMS to shut down the monitor, if I leave
> X alone eventually xscreensaver kicks in and after some time X tries to
> shut down the monitor, when I come I found the last xscreensaver hack
> frozen and the same simptoms as said before, no keyboard, no pings.
>
> Had to try without DPMS activated, because if I leave the box in the
> console but with X runnig nothing happens, later I switch back to X and
> continue working.

The same thing here (I reported this a while ago in another context, but nooen
seemed to notice). My combination of things is a UP Pentium/II with SMP
2.3.99-preX and 2.4.0-testX kernels, a (crappy) Nvidia Riva128 running with
XF86-3.3.6. The obvious similarities are:

- recent kernels,
- lockups "related to" DPMS (at work, I have a system with a Voodoo3
  (sometimes a G400) that doesn't lock up -- X doesn't try to DPMS the
  monitor AFAIK)
- SVGA X-Server (G400, Voodoo3, Riva128)

So I guess we can blame it on the combination recent kernel/XF86_SVGA/DPMS.
Too find out the real culprit is a totally different story, though.

Nils

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