I had the exact same symptoms with a Savage4 chip. I upgraded to XF4.1.99 which was supplied by Red Hat's "up2date" service and it reduced the incidence of these problems. It sounds like the driver for your card has problems and upgrading may fix it. It won't do any harm anyway. -Oisin
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Asaf wrote: > Is it a problem with the specific X server or a hardware problem? One of > the guys here says it might be a hardware related problem, it sounds > strange to me, but I am not an expert to decide... > Ihsan did you encounter the same problem and managed to solve it that way? > > Ihsan Elahi wrote: > > > in yr Red Hat 7.1 version, the xfree86 version will b 4.0.0. The newer > > verion is 4.2.0 while in Red Hat 7.2, the xfree86 version is 4.1.0. > > This version of xfree86 supports many of the cards on 810. I hope if u > > install Red Hat 7.2, it will resolve this issue. > > > > > >> From: Asaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: [Newbie]X crashes when switching to virtual terminal > >> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:16:06 +0200 > >> > >> Hi, > >> I am using RedHat 7.1 with its bundeled X server, my kernel is 2.4.17 > >> and I have an i810 bultin graphics adaptor. > >> When I switch to virtual terminal (Alt + Ctrl + <number>) my X server > >> tends to crash when I switch back. > >> It doesn't happen every time, but most of the times. I find it very > >> frustrating. > >> Does any one have an idea why does it happen and how do I solve the > >> problem? > >> Thanx, > >> Asaf > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Newbie mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > >> http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
