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From: Gary Aitken <garya@ics.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Difficulties with FreeBSD 2.x
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 00:57:50 -0600
Organization: Integrated Computer Solutions
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To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>

> >       4)  When I gave BSD about 200M, it did not complain, but
> > eventually it locked up, or at least locked the keyboard and mouse up
> > when the system went into power saver mode.  During the install, after
> > some files were copied (I do not know at exactly what point), this
> > occurred, and CTRL-ALT-DELETE even could do nothing.

This may not be freebsd; I have seen this problem on a system
running both freebsd and win95.
In my case, it appears to be some combination of hardware; swapping
between two systems didn't conclusively isolate the culprit.  It was
some combination of video cards and monitors, running on a new Micron
P-100.
	Diamond Stealth 64
	Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001

	ADI 5AP 17"
	Mag Innovision DX1795

It hung most frequently with a stealth 64 2001 + Mag DX1795
For the past month it hasn't hung with a plain 64 + Mag DX1795

Gary Aitken		garya@ics.com		(business)
			garya@dreamchaser.org	(personal)