Re: Framebuffer bug

Arvind Sankar (arvinds@mit.edu)
Sun, 7 Feb 1999 13:14:27 -0500


On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 12:07:19PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> > I've got kernel 2.2.1 running on x86. With the atyfb framebuffer driver
> > enabled, if I run an X server while the console is already displaying
> > another X, the machine locks solid.
> >
> > i.e. X :1 from inside an xterm running on display 0 causes the machine to
> > freeze. This also works if the X :1 is done via a remote login, if my console
> > is set to display 0.
> >
> > The X server starts properly if the framebuffer driver is disabled. It also
> > starts properly if the console is displaying a text vt rather than display 0.
>
> Which X server are you using?
>

The Mach64 server. (from XFree86 3.3.3.1).

-- arvind

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