> When running X11, some applications will lock the entire machine hard,
> requiring me to go for the Big Switch(tm). I've upgraded parts of my
> system so that the only things that remain in common are the soundcard
> (AWE32 PnP), the drives, and my modem.
>
> Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
> VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5430 (rev 76).
> Fast devsel. IRQ 11.
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfc000000.
I stumbled across something which _appears_ to have fixed the problem. The
server wasn't using linear addressing, because I hadn't turned it on. Once
I turned on linear addressing, I was able to specify a CLGD 5430 and
haven't had any crashes since. Strange. Some bug in the BIOS-access code?
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