On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 01:02, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> 
>   I've been having hardlocks doing something as simple as
> "X -probeonly".  The hardlocks don't seem to be driver related.
> It locks up in xf86CloseConsole called from ddxGiveUp.
> 
>   I'm running YDL 2.1 with kernel 2.4.10-12a, if that matters.
> The hardware is NV11 with the "nv" driver.  
> 
>   It locks up on this ioctl:
> 
>         ioctl(xf86Info.consoleFd, VT_ACTIVATE, activeVT);
> 
> which is the switch back to the original VT.  Interestingly enough,
> I have sleeps between the ioctls and it looks like all the previous
> ioctls work correctly.  I can see the VT reset to a text mode.  It's
> the switch back to the original VT that breaks.  Is there chipset
> specific stuff in the kernel that happens for a VT switch like this?

What framebuffer device are you running? If rivafb, it could be a bug
there, if OFfb, I'd rather suspect the server.


-- 
Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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