On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, John Baxter wrote: > i found the solution, i added Option "NoDDC" to my XF86Config. > should NoDDC be the default since it can hang some machines?
In general no, since we are trying to automate most of the startup to simplify configuration. If the s3virge driver hangs ddc on enough machines, maybe the driver should make NoDDC the default, until the problem is fixed. > john baxter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of John Baxter > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [XFree86] hanging with RedHat 8.0 and s3virge on a laptop > > > my system gets halted/hung when i attempt to access the graphics on my s3virge. >booting in text mode works fine. i had to add > "skipddc" to the install. i can get the vga driver in 320x200 mode to run. however >any attempt to use a s3virge driver causes my > laptop to hang. > i was running rh7.1 or 7.2 (XFree 4.0.2, i think) and all worked fine. now with rh >8.0 (XFree 4.2) i am unable to use the s3virge > driver, any suggestions? > > jb > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
