Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

[Aaron Dewell]

BTW, same result on sparc32 smp+X.  xfs segfaults, so does X itself.  It
doesn't even get to trying to start.  I didn't even think of trying to 
go back to a UP kernel.  I'll have to try that now.

Aaron

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Rogerio Brito wrote:
> On Feb 13 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Yeah I've seen this claim repeatedly. XFree 4.0.2 crashes for me in similar
> > ways on 3dfx and matrox cards and it happens with 2.2 kernels as well.
> 
> 	I thought that I was going crazy or that it was just my
> 	inability to configure things correctly, but it is kind of
> 	comforting to see that I'm not the only one seeing problems
> 	with XFree86 4.0.2 + matrox + kernel 2.2.18 (UP system -- an
> 	AMD Duron with chipset KT133).
> 
> 	When X 4.0.2 entered the Debian testing distribution, I
> 	immediately upgraded (I had used X 4.0.1 before with very good
> 	results, but that system had an HD crash and I reinstalled
> 	Debian potato, that comes with X 3.3.6). I got all these
> 	strange Segfaults and crashes with a vanilla 2.2.18 kernel. I
> 	went back to X 3.3.6 and everything is running perfectly fine
> 	since then, but I'd like to use the new features of X 4.
> 
> 
> 	[]s, Roger...