Hi. Some comments.
On Saturday 23 November 2002 02:46, you wrote: > rehi > > > I use 2.4.18 on my SS20 (2 Ross Hypersparc 125 MHz, 196 MB). > > Sometimes (not very often) the machine freezes for a while when X is > > starting during the boot process (network alive at that moment). But > > overall, it works fine. > > so cpu and openprom can't be the problem... nice to know > I startetd my SS20 a few minutues ago. This time it was hanging again after most of the startup stuff had been done. Only X was missing - network was already up. A simple ping from another machine solved the problem. > > Hmm. I recently baught a VSIMM for the onboard high resolution graphics. > > With that module installed, I have the same problem: everything ok in > > the beginning, but when init starts ... > > > > When I remove the module and connect the monitor to the SBUS graphics, > > the SS20 works fine again. And when I remove the SBUS card and install > > the VSIMM, I get an SBUS error when init should start. > > > > Which graphics on your SS10? Might that be a hint? > > there is no graphic in my SS10... serial console is enough ;) > and i tried with all sbus cards removed, so they should not be the > problem... > on the other hand... could it be that a framebuffer solves my problem? got > to try that tomorrow... > Hmm, I don't think so, the problem showed up as I installed the second one ... > thanks for your answer! > emanuel After thinking a little bit more, it seems to me that I mixed up two different problems - showing up at different times. The startx hang occures quite seldomly, and only since I installed the second CPU (with kernel recompile, smp support). The hang at init start is reproducable, I only have to plug in the Video SIMM Module. I have to do a little bit more testing, but I have a problem: at the moment, the SS20 is my main workstation at home. If I kill that machine, my mail account is down 'till I have another machine up and running. Therefor I stopped any experiments with the VSIMM module - at least for some weeks. If you have any information about the problem(s), please keep me informed. So will I. Regards, Hartwig
