I'm trying to stabilize a system running XFree86 4.1 with a Number Nine
Revolution IV card and an SGI 1600SW display. I have had serious problems
in the past where the entire system would lock-up hard when I tried to
switch virtual consoles. I've also had problems with VGA font corruption
each time I was able to get to a text mode console.
After reading an archive posting from March, I added frame buffer support
to the kernel and the "VGA = 808" line to LILO. Things are working _much_
better now, but I'm still having problems using display managers such as
GDM and XDM.
I can reliably bring up GDM when the computer first boots to run-level 5,
and I can reliably login to a single X session. If I try to reboot the
computer from within GNOME, it will lock-up hard as soon it's supposed to
switch to a text mode console. Logging out of my X session will lock the
system up hard about 50% of the time on the way back to GDM. The system
behaves the same way, if I switch to XDM.
If I boot to run-level 3 and use "startx" to start my X session, I don't
have any problems rebooting or logging in, starting X, and stopping X
repeatedly. While I can continue to operate this way, I'd really rather
run with a display manager like GDM.
Is there something I can do to GDM, XDM, or the X server itself to keep
them from crashing the system? Hardware and software description follows:
HW: Number Number T2R Revolution IV AGP
SGI 1600SW Flat-panel display
Abit KG7 Motherboard
Athlon 1.4 GHz Processor
768 Mb of RAM
SW: Started with a stock Red Hat 7.1 install
Added Ximian GNOME
Upgraded to kernel 2.4.9
Upgraded to XFree86 4.1.0-0.9.13 from Red Hat 7.2 beta RPMs
Current XFree86-4 posted at http://www.ankeny.net/XF86Config-4.
Thanks,
Alan
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