Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread Anton Blanchard
> Yes, actually it is... So I'm wrong then, it's not the same problem. A rebuild of the binaries in question should fix it. Anton - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread 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 se

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread Rogerio Brito
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, b

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread David Howells
I had problems with XFree86 4.0 and 4.0.1 locking solidly up under Linux 2.4.x after about 10mins until I upgraded to XFree86 4.0.2. Now it seems rock solid. XFree86 3.3.x was always okay. I've got a Dual-PII machine and an NVidia GeForce. David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "un

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread Pete Toscano
i have been running 4.0.2 on my smp system using the 2.4.1 kernel. the one thing is, i was using the xfree out of precision insite's cvs with the g400 binary-only hal lib dri module loaded. every-so-often, especially when closing windows or switching virtual desktops, the kernel would crash. lu

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread Tony Gale
On 13-Feb-2001 David Woodhouse wrote: > The crashes got less frequent when I started running X against > glibc-2.1 > (note _running_ against glibc-2.1, not just compiling against it > and running > against glibc-2.2). But they were still happening. I'm running RH6.2 with glibc-2.1.3-22 > > In

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread David Woodhouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >This is a long-standing problem with 2.3 and 2.4 SMP kernels. I > believe it is a kernel bug and isn't the XFree86 project's problem. > The problem does not exist on 2.2 SMP kernels nor on 2.3/4 UP kernels. > The symptoms are random segfaults in perfectly fine XF

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
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. What > makes me suspicious its XFree triggered is that there isnt really anything > XFree does that would trigger mm bugs on x86 p

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread Tony Gale
On 13-Feb-2001 Alan Cox wrote: >> Having experienced a number of crashes with Xfree 4.0 with 2.4 >> kernels, that I wasn't getting with 2.2 kernels, a quick search on >> the xfree Xpert mailing list reveals this: > > Yeah I've seen this claim repeatedly. XFree 4.0.2 crashes for me in > similar >

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Tony Gale wrote: > Having experienced a number of crashes with Xfree 4.0 with 2.4 > kernels, that I wasn't getting with 2.2 kernels, a quick search on > the xfree Xpert mailing list reveals this: > > > (htt

Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes

2001-02-13 Thread Alan Cox
> Having experienced a number of crashes with Xfree 4.0 with 2.4 > kernels, that I wasn't getting with 2.2 kernels, a quick search on > the xfree Xpert mailing list reveals this: Yeah I've seen this claim repeatedly. XFree 4.0.2 crashes for me in similar ways on 3dfx and matrox cards and it happe