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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:3401 comp.unix.bsd:12145 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,alt.os.bsdi,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!olivea!decwrl!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: 386BSD vs. BSD386 Message-ID: <hastyC9FwCw.Esw@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <20qpjf$p6l@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <hastyC9F2vF.2Kw@netcom.com> <bigbobC9FK42.CpK@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 15:00:31 GMT Lines: 32 In article <bigbobC9FK42.CpK@netcom.com> bigbob@netcom.com (Robert Fickling) writes: >> >>One annoying bug in BSDI is that it crashes the system if I don't pipe >>the output to a file when I start the X server. >>And its new X server also does not restore the screen properly upon exiting. >> > >I run BSD386 1.0 on a 386/33 with a NEC 4FG and a Orchard(sp?)ProDesigner II >video card. Starting the X server has *NEVER* crashed my system and the >screen is *ALWAYS* restored properly. Probably different hardware and >obviously different results?! I really like BSD386. :-) > Very please to hear that it works properly for you. I know at least 16 machines at work which the X server upon startup can crash the system with BSD386 1.0 . At one point the system was crashing consistently to the point in which I just replaced it with NetBSD. It is all working well now at least on my PC at work and on my PCs at home. Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming