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From: ernie@eis.net.au (Ernie Elu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: silo error during X11
Date: 9 Jun 1996 01:02:24 GMT
Organization: eis.net - Brisbane - Australia
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For several months now I have been plagued with serial port errors (silo
overflow) during hard disk accesses when running X11. They happen almost
every time I use Netscape or xv. Occasionally it cause my modem to drop the
line which is a real pain. I never seem to get any error when just using
virtual consoles or if there is no heavy disk access.
The sad part is I have over the last few months,
replaced my 486DX50 with an ASUS Pentium 100 motheboard
" " AST 4 port with the ASUS onboard serial port.
" " 16MB 30 pin RAM with 32MB of 72 pin RAM
" " Adaptec 1522A with a NCR53c810 PCI controller.
" " Tseng et4000i with a S3 based PCI video car.
" " Quantum 700 with a Quantum 850 SCSI drive.
" " MouseSystems mouse with a LogiTech
The only original parts are the keyboard, monitor, case+power supply,
modem and X11R6, but the problem still occurs.
Am I looking at X11R6 bug?
Does this happen to anyone else?
- Ernie.
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Ernie Elu - ernie@eis.net.au - Brisbane - Australia
"I ping, therefore I am."
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