--On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 6:45 pm +1100 "Anton Blanchard"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

> 
>> I switched back to 2.1.125 and the situation is now:
>> startx as root works OK, but when you end the X-session, the kernel
>> halts itself.
>> xdm works OK, but if you kill xdm (/etc/init.d/xdm stop) the kernel
>> commits suicide :-(
> 
> Are you using a cgsix framebuffer? The current kernels have a problem with
the
> cgsix, which Davem narrowed down to the cg6_reset function.
> 
> Do you get booted back to the PROM? If so can you get the results of:
> 
> .locals
> .registers
> ctrace
> 
> As well as your System.map

Hmm.  It does sound exactly like that.

Unfortunately the PROM is rarely readable, since the CLUT has generally made
background == foreground.  However, I'll try to get those data.

How come I never read about this on [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Did I just miss it?

Jules

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