Thanks - I solved it on my own - same problem as sheldon - KDM seems to
think me changing resolutions is the end of my session, and ends it (badly).
Thanks for posting anyway.
Mike
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Sheldon Lee Wen wrote:
> On March 9, 2001 11:51 pm, you wrote:
> > It ain't a hardware thing, and the 3dfx already has a heatsink.
> > Various 16 bit resolutions and configured and I have Q3 UT SOF
> > etc. all working fine in runlevel 3.
>
> I recently noticed the same thing, whenever i'd start railroad tycoon
> X would crash, this only happened in run level 5. I changed
> to using gdm instead of kdm and it seemed to fix it,s o it looks
> like a bug with kdm. Try changing to gdm and tell me if that
> fixes it.
> (Although I'm on RH7 now. Got sick of waiting for KDE2.1 updates)
>
> >
> > Thnaks anyway,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > > On Friday 09 March 2001 06:01 pm, Mike MacCana wrote:
> > > > I have a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000. In runlevel 5, whenever I attempt tp
> > > > change to another configured reolution, X changes to that resolution
> > > > and them promptly hangs. I can't even go to another virtual terminal to
> > > > kill it.
> > > >
> > > > In runlevel 3, all is love (ie, its AOK)
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > >
> > > Well other than that the motherboard, it's chipsets, and the monitor,
> > > etc. down to the power supply and the oulet it's plugged into (hopefully
> > > on an UPS), and how well it's all configured from the bios on up, all
> > > have somethin to do with what you see on the screen, no ;>>
> > >
> > > I've got a 3 yr. old V3-2k pci on an BX motherboard oc'd 135%,
> > > with X at 1024x768x16 and a very el cheapo ($150) 17" MagView. I just
> > > tried C-A- +/- and it switched resolutions just fine. KDE2.1,
> > > XF-4.0.2, LM7.2, 2.4.2
> > >
> > > The only thing I can think of that might help is the first thing to
> > > do with a Voodoo3 is to take one sheet metal screw and use it to attach a
> > > $2 cpu fan to it's heatsink. Other than that, I doubt the Vcard is the
> > > culprit. Prob'ly the next most important factor is to not try'an run any
> > > 3dfx card with X at any resolution more than 16bpp.
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> > > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
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