Re: X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-15 Thread Jules Bean
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 10:57:10PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > * Robert Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001114 22:17]: > > > Tenth idea -- the log file mentions the machine hasn't mtrr support. > > > Perhaps this needs to be enabled in your kernel? > > > > What's MTRR anyway? I haven't changed the k

Re: X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-15 Thread Jules Bean
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 10:57:10PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > * Robert Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001114 22:17]: > > > Tenth idea -- the log file mentions the machine hasn't mtrr support. > > > Perhaps this needs to be enabled in your kernel? > > > > What's MTRR anyway? I haven't changed the

Re: X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-15 Thread Seth Arnold
* Robert Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001114 22:17]: > > Tenth idea -- the log file mentions the machine hasn't mtrr support. > > Perhaps this needs to be enabled in your kernel? > > What's MTRR anyway? I haven't changed the kernel in a while, but I'll look > for that when I recompile it out of d

Re: X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-15 Thread Robert Braddock
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 09:00:43PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > Ok, first, try uncommenting the misc fontpath -- many programs require > fonts found in misc, I think, and maybe this will fix the problem. Well, it hangs before it starts a client, but I did have the fonts uncommented before. I've tri

Re: X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-14 Thread Seth Arnold
* Robert Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001114 20:40]: >http://www.concordant-thought.com/personal/robert/relay//x-troubles Robert, I have a few suggestions; I do not expect any of them to actually work, but what they hey, rebooting fixes machines more often than we care to admit. :) Ok, first

Re: X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-14 Thread Seth Arnold
* Robert Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001114 22:17]: > > Tenth idea -- the log file mentions the machine hasn't mtrr support. > > Perhaps this needs to be enabled in your kernel? > > What's MTRR anyway? I haven't changed the kernel in a while, but I'll look > for that when I recompile it out of

X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-14 Thread Robert Braddock
I've tried to avoid asking about this, but I've run out of things to try :( [Kernel 2.2.15, video card is Matrox Millenium I] Since sometime around the X upgrade, something has gone seriously wrong with my X system. First, XF-3 runs ok, but hangs (with heavy processor load) at any attempt to exit

Re: X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-14 Thread Robert Braddock
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 09:00:43PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > Ok, first, try uncommenting the misc fontpath -- many programs require > fonts found in misc, I think, and maybe this will fix the problem. Well, it hangs before it starts a client, but I did have the fonts uncommented before. I've tr

Re: X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-14 Thread Seth Arnold
* Robert Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001114 20:40]: >http://www.concordant-thought.com/personal/robert/relay//x-troubles Robert, I have a few suggestions; I do not expect any of them to actually work, but what they hey, rebooting fixes machines more often than we care to admit. :) Ok, firs

X hangs console since upgrade

2000-11-14 Thread Robert Braddock
I've tried to avoid asking about this, but I've run out of things to try :( [Kernel 2.2.15, video card is Matrox Millenium I] Since sometime around the X upgrade, something has gone seriously wrong with my X system. First, XF-3 runs ok, but hangs (with heavy processor load) at any attempt to exit