Actually, such conflicts used to be pretty common, but I haven't seen it in
a while. That said, I haven't used vesafb in a while either, since I've been
using 3dfx, Matrox and ATi cards for the most part (which all have
accelerated fbdev drivers)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Scholz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:42 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Newbie]total system-crash (conflict with VESA Fb?)
>
>
> J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Smells like a hardware problem.
>
> Uhhh! I hope not. I'm not very good at hardware issues.
>
> On the other hand: I *never* encountered that problem before with a
> RedHat 6.2 installation. (Same maschine, same hardware. XFree
> 3.something).
>
> If it is a hardware problem: does Xfree 4.1 demand more from my
> hardware than Xfree 3.x? So that certain problem only come to light
> with 4.1? If so: is it possible to turn that of?
>
> Sorry, if this question is silly. As I stated before, I'm not very
> good at hardware issues.
>
> > a) Overheating or
>
> No, for example compiling KDE 2.1 on several ttys overnight is no
> problem.
>
> > b) Bus timing issue or something.
> >
> > The reason being is that you say the power button won't work, and
> > the crashes are random-like. Does it responds to a reset? This is an
> > NMI to the CPU which cannot be masked or blocked, so if that does
> > not work, it has to be a hardware problem, and I'd be suspicious of
> > an overheating CPU.
>
> Sorry, there's no reset-button at my laptop.
>
> Perhaps I try to induce the crash again and then try to reset my
> computer by holding the power button for six seconds as the other
> poster suggested.
>
> > Try poking around in your BIOS and alter some of the timing -
> > wait-states etc. Keep a note of every change you make. Make one
> > change at a time, then test.
>
> Uh, when *I* do that, it is like shooting in the dark. I would prefer
> a workaround. (Since I use X only occasionally a performance loss
> would be o.k.)
>
> > If you have an alternative video-card to try, see if it is on the
> > Linux hardware compatibility list and try changing that. I've heard
> > that video cards can cause quite a few issues.
>
> Sorry, I have no second card. I would not mind changing a video-card
> on a desktop-computer (myself beeing a hardware-dummie or not), but on
> my laptop ... I'm not brave enough to open it.
>
> You don't think there could be a conflict between X and the
> kernel-VESA?
>
> [...]
>
> Thanks for your advice.
>
> --oliver
>
>
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