:ah yes, I have this as well. problem is: Xorg does its own BIOS-emulati=
:on instead of calling into the kernel to do a bios intr upcall. As a res=
:ult the timer will get reprogrammed and the kernel doesn't know so it can=
:'t reset the clock. why are the BIOS doing this shit? we should either =
:prevent everybody from mocking with this or use a different timer or leav=
:e the timer in its default setting.
:
:cheers
: simon
It is a serious problem with a lot of video bioses. I can only
recommend that people not use VESA modes at all when trying to run
X.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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