From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:55:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:55:08 -0500 Received: from air.lug-owl.de ([62.52.24.190]:26885 "HELO air.lug-owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:47:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 00:47:10 +0100 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Freeze: atyfb & XFree4.0.1 Message-ID: <20010123004709.B4721@lug-owl.de> Reply-To: jbglaw@lug-owl.de Mail-Followup-To: Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010122172009.A1437@lug-owl.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from geert@linux-m68k.org on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:20:07PM +0100 X-Operating-System: Linux air 2.4.0-test8-pre1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Geert! On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:20:07PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > I just discovered a solid freeze: > > jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ uname -r > > 2.4.1-pre8 > > jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ grep aty /etc/lilo.conf > > append=3D"video=3Datyfb:800x600 [...and X4 with accelerated ati driver, *not* the framebuffer driver] > >=20 > >=20 > > Now, when I switch from X to a configured virtual console (eg. tty1), > > everything is okay. But if I press (for example) > > the system just dies. I've not yet attached a serial console, > > but SysRq keys seem to not be functional, as well as the NumLock > > LED doesn't change when pressing the NumLock key... >=20 > XFree86 4.x is not fbdev-aware (yet), unless you specify some > `UseFBDev' option keyword (exact syntax may differ, I don't run 4.x yet). I'll have a deeper look at that all, but switching between virtual terminals and the X screen works perfectly. *Only* switching to a not priviously allocated VC (ie. 8th VT which is unused in most distributions) locks up the machine... I think there's missing some little check somewhere;) MfG, JBG --=20 Fehler eingestehen, Gr=F6=DFe zeigen: Nehmt die Rechtschreibreform zur=FCck= !!! /* Jan-Benedict Glaw -- +49-177-5601720 */ keyID=3D0x8399E1BB fingerprint=3D250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 83= 99 E1BB "insmod vi.o and there we go..." (Alexander Viro on linux-kernel) --jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjpsxn0ACgkQHb1edYOZ4bvCoACfc/IfTRzOWjmtIDyVlyMbd1Nu KMMAniMgBJm5EGU590cswKsPFs46M5Yi =574g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/