Re: Solid v2.1.115 kernel lockup

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 06:07:28 +0200 (CEST)

On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Alex Buell wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Mike A. Harris wrote:
>
> > > Now that you mention it, I was using X at the time of the lock up.
>
> I'll be testing the sound drivers in console mode (i.e not using X) later
> on tonight to see if this makes any differences - if it does, it's a fair
> bet that the X server is fscking something up).

I'm quite sure that it is X, some actions (fdisk -l under 2.1.113)
crash the system under X while they run perfectly when run in
console mode. Even stranger: they run perfectly when _started_
in console mode and continue running after switching back to X...

Rik.
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