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Alright, I haven't got a clue if it's a bug. But both at redhat 6.0 and redhat 5.2 with kernel 2.2.5, I get this error while using X windows. Then it crashes completely. The error is: Fatal error in APMsync(). This even when the apm daemon is not in memory. I've got a pentium 100, diamond stealth 2500, WIN TV videograbber with video4linux software installed, epic 100 networkcard, and asus cdrom player. Could this have something to do with Video4Linux? It crashes even without any video4linux application running. Many thanks, Auke
The complete error is: Fatal server error Hung in APMsync()
Does this occur when X has been idle for a period of time? Are you using the SVGA server or the S3V server to run X?
What do you mean by idle? The harddisk isn't a sleep or anything (no screensaver) if that's what you mean. Mostly it happens, when we run a programm called XawTV, but it sometimes also occurs if try to run pico in a xterm. We used the SVGA server, I think. Meanwhile we've also tryed to disable the kernel support for APM, but this doesn't seem to work either. Could it be a computer specific problem?
This is a bug in XFree86 - have you tried upgrading to the latest version?
this has nothing to do with APM (advanced power management), but rather Alliance chipset cards (which your diamond stealth 2500 appears to use). This driver has seen quite a bit of work in XFree86 3.3.5, which we are releasing very soon as errata. Please get the errata and test it; reopen the bug if your problem persists.