On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:54:28PM +0530, Sanjay Bhattacharya wrote: >murali m wrote: > >>hi all, >> >>there is a bug in the i810 chipset video boards. i had >>a little bit different problem in RHL 7.0. >> >>When in X if i try to go to console b pressing >>ctrl+alt+f1 the system would freeze. i was forced to >>do reset. >> >>but after upgrading to the latest version of the X 4.2 >>th problem was solved. >> >>bye. >> >> >> >I have i810 chipset @ home. When I tried to switch consoles, I faced the >same problem. But after disabling the direct rendering module, this >problem was solved. This thing happened with RH 8, Mdk 9, FreeBSD 4.7, >NetBSD 1.6. But all of them worked (without crashing, when trying to >change vc's ) after disabling the aforesaid module.
Using i810 at office as well as home. Never faced such problems. At home I have also enabled DRI module. I am on woody now. woody:~# dpkg -l |grep XFree ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-16 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure ii xlibmesa3 4.1.0-16 XFree86 version of Mesa 3D graphics library ii xserver-xfree8 4.1.0-16 the XFree86 X server woody:~# Peace -- Rajesh : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : Wall-papering with xv LOST #130 To have a background picture for X put the following in your xinitrc: xv +root -rmode 5 background.gif -quit & ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
