on Monday 08/01/2005 Michel Dänzer([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
> On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 21:05 -0400, John Covici wrote:
> >
> > I am using an ATI 9200C and the server crashes in such a way that
> > I cannot change the virtual terminal
>
> Note that this could in theory also be caused by a keyboard
> configuration problem. Does neither running chvt nor pressing
> ctrl-alt-backspace work either?
Nope -- nothing works. I had this problem with the xfree86 server
> after a kernel release around 2.6.9 or so.
>
> > and there is garbage on the screen and I must reboot the system to
> > continue although other processes are running.
>
> Does the X server process hog the CPU?
Not at all.
>
> Does disabling the DRI work around the problem?
I thought I tried it once and it did, but I tried it again and it
didn't work at all.
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you spend it?
John Covici
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