Bug 2295 - xfs crashes X11 (RIVA & neomagic)
Summary: xfs crashes X11 (RIVA & neomagic)
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: XFree86
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-04-20 22:42 UTC by seti
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 1999-06-21 15:15:54 UTC
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Description seti 1999-04-20 22:42:39 UTC 
xfs (the font server) fails to respond and hangs X11 which
then sometimes crashes. This happens within minutes of
starting X11. I think it's related to the RIVA video card
though 'cos it doesn't seem to be repeatable on other cards.

Removing xfs from XF86Config and putting the paths back in
fixes it.

Platform is PII/500 + RIVA TNT
Comment 1 whampton 1999-05-28 14:41:59 UTC 
On my T8000 laptop, I had xfs crash and X would not start (it would
flash about 10 times for a minute or so, then drop me in the login
prompt.  This also happened when my root partition was filled up.
Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop, PII/366, 128M, Neomagic chipset.
Comment 2 Preston Brown 1999-06-03 20:28:59 UTC 
what is the output on the console from the X server?
Comment 3 Preston Brown 1999-06-14 20:55:59 UTC 
We need more information about the nature of this bug.
Comment 4 Preston Brown 1999-06-21 15:15:59 UTC 
bug closed due to lack of feedback.  xfs not likely cause.
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