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From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad)
Subject: Re: [386bsd] X server crashing everything!
Message-ID: <1992Nov3.040528.19772@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 04:05:28 GMT
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Gil Ephraim Levendel (gl5007@ehsn5.cen.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: 
: When I use X in low resolution, ie 640x480, there
: are absolutely no problems.
: 
: When I switch to 1024x768, everything will work well
: for up to a minute, then everything dies: The mouse cursor
: no longer moves, I can't kill the server, and I cannot
: even reboot the computer (using <ctrl><alt><delete>)!
: 
I have just seen it with my colleague's installation. I solved it by trying
to disable the shadow rams for both bios and video ROMs.
	I'm not sure why it works.

--
Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263.
Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg
Bitnet Email: eoahmad@ntuvax.bitnet