Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Mar 1998 18:06:51 +0100 (CET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Strange hangs (me too!!!) |
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On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Dominik Weis wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Hubert Mantel wrote: > > On 5 Mar 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > > > I've reported this to the XFree86 people but they apparently ignored > > > the report. > > > > The XFree86 people apparently do not ignore bug reports. > > > > It is a known problem that starting the Matrox server on certain > > motherboards can hang the system in about 5% of the cases. As of Feb 98 > > the reason for this problem was still unknown. Not knowing how to solve a > > problem does not mean ignoring it. > > > Could somebody tell me on what motherboards it will happen. I will have to > use the Matrox server on a Tyan motherboard. Will I have such problems. I > could switch to an ASUS motherboard if that would help.
I guess it's the boards with the i430TX chipset. There's a similar problem with S3 ViRGE/VX and some motherboards. We have problems with an ASUS i430TX and a Diamond Stealth 3D 3400.
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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