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From: dwex@aib.com (David E. Wexelblat)
Subject: Re: XFree86 2.0 with NetBSD 0.9exits with system messed up.
Message-ID: <CGpoA1.3zE@aib.com>
Organization: AIB Software, Inc.
References: <1993Nov18.031132.21910@icaen.uiowa.edu> <CGp8qA.n42@dragon.dsh.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 23:37:12 GMT
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In article <CGp8qA.n42@dragon.dsh.org> gary@dragon.dsh.org (Gary D. Duzan) writes:
>In article <1993Nov18.031132.21910@icaen.uiowa.edu> tpschlie@news.icaen.uiowa.edu (Timothy Paul Schlie) writes:
>=>Hola,
>=>
>=>	I'm running XFree86 2.0's S3 server under NetBSD 0.9 and I have a 
>=>problem when I exit X.  I have no response from the system.  Keystrokes are
>=>echoed on the screen, but I get no response whatsoever.  I'm not running
>=>any kind of virtual console system, and the system seems to very stable
>=>otherwise.  I've looked at the docs that come with X, but nothing seems to
>=>help.  Any ideas?   - Tim Schlie
>
>   I have the exact same symptoms. I am using Digital's S3-928/bt485
>card with XF86_S3 and the following settings:
>

I have no idea, since I don't run BSD-du-jour.

>ACCEL
>
>  Chipset       "mmio_928"
>  Option        "bt485"
>#  Option       "bt485_curs"
>#  Virtual      1024 768
>  Viewport      0 0
>  Modes         "1024x768"
>  Clocks         25.20  28.32  40.00   0.00  50.10  77.00  36.20  44.90
>  Clocks        125.90 120.00  80.00  31.50 110.20  65.00  75.00  94.60
>
>   Also, I would really like to be able to use >85 clocks since I have
>2MB VRAM and a monitor that will do 1280x1024NI @ 72Hz.

I'm working on it!  We will be releasing a patch for XFree86 2.0 as soon
as we can get things working properly.  I do have a few other things
to worry about at the moment (a new job, a wife 200 miles away, etc).
>
>                                      Gary D. Duzan
>                         Humble Practitioner of the Computer Arts
>
>
>
>-- 
>                                gary@dsh.org
>   _o_                          ------------                            _o_
> [|o o|]    First things first, but not necessarily in that order.    [|o o|]
>  |_O_|       Disclaimer: I have no idea what I am talking about.      |_O_|


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