XFree86 v4.0.x are all very unstable for me on my Alpha PWS with an old Matrox Mystique 220 card. Random freezes every 2-30 minutes so I have to ssh to it and kill X. I haven't tried v4.1.0 though. v3.3.6 is stable. Not VERY stable, it still dies every 2nd/3rd day or so, but it's usable.
// Wigren > Hello ! > On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 01:05:47PM -0400, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > > > > On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Per Wigren wrote: > > > > > Remember to use XFree86 v3.3.6 and Kernel 2.2.19! 4.0.x and > > > 2.4.x are very unstable on alpha. I haven't tested XF 4.1.x > > > yet though... > > > <snip> > > > > XFree86 4.0.x is also MUCH better on my alphas than prior > > versions. Granted, S3ViRGE support sucks (it does on all archs, > > actually), but the V3, Millenium I, and Permedia2 are all running quite > > well with the newer XFree versions. I'm still working on getting 4.1.0's > > tdfx driver with DRI to not sack out my machine, but that may be a problem > > with my libglide3-alpha package (which I maintain). > > I second that. XFree86 4.0.3 (on 2.2.19 though) seems to be more > stable than 3.x versions. I could reproducible crash my machine by > switching to the console while TV capturing is on which no longer > happens on 4.0.3. This is with ATI 3DCharger. > > > Helge > -- > Helge Kreutzmann, Dipl.-Phys. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For gpg-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] hannover.de > 64bit GNU powered http://www.itp.uni- hannover.de/~kreutzm > Help keep free software "libre": http://www.freepatents.org/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-alpha- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
