Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:37:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:36:56 -0500 Received: from h201.s254.netsol.com ([216.168.254.201]:14755 "EHLO tesla.admin.cto.netsol.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:36:45 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:36:32 -0500 From: Pete Toscano To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.x SMP blamed for Xfree 4.0 crashes Message-ID: <20010213103632.R15595@tesla.admin.cto.netsol.com> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="soWJpSPh+l8Y6Fy7" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from gale@syntax.dera.gov.uk on Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 01:05:05PM -0000 X-Uptime: 10:31am up 10 days, 19:43, 9 users, load average: 0.09, 0.14, 0.09 X-Married: 457 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes, and 7 seconds Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --soWJpSPh+l8Y6Fy7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i have been running 4.0.2 on my smp system using the 2.4.1 kernel. the one thing is, i was using the xfree out of precision insite's cvs with the g400 binary-only hal lib dri module loaded. every-so-often, especially when closing windows or switching virtual desktops, the kernel would crash. luckily, i'm also running kdb on a serial console, so i am able to check things out and keep a log. unfortunately, when btp all the processes, i found no text.lock, which is as far as i know how to "debug" a kernel crash. of course, this could very well be something wrong with the binary-only module from matrox, so i'm seeing if the same problem presents itself with the original mga.o loaded (which also disables hardware dri). pete On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Tony Gale wrote: > Having experienced a number of crashes with Xfree 4.0 with 2.4 > kernels, that I wasn't getting with 2.2 kernels, a quick search on > the xfree Xpert mailing list reveals this: --=20 Pete Toscano pete@research.netsol.com 703.948.3364 GPG fingerprint: D8F5 A087 9A4C 56BB 8F78 B29C 1FF0 1BA7 9008 2736 --soWJpSPh+l8Y6Fy7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6iVSAH/Abp5AIJzYRAmMGAJ4z6QwXfQs8mLf28w0RScY3XRFAdQCfbiyn k71Ws1SlgEt+fRxKnYb1RR8= =al26 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --soWJpSPh+l8Y6Fy7-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/