[LUAU] AGP Video woes

[bbraun at sparcy.synack.net]

Lots of possibilities, but I'll throw in my few ideas 
anyway.

What compiler did you use to compile your kernel?
A lot of people have been having problems when compiled
with egcs.  These types of problems specifically.

I guess the definitive test to see if it's the video
card or X server would be to replace the card with the
exact same model, but I'll guess that's not a first 
choice option.  =)
Actually, you would have to have a totaly redundant system
to make sure it is not the memory, bad bus, bad cpu, 
or something.  An different power source (could be power),
and a different location (could be interference).  But that
is going a bit far...  =)

Uhm.  I'm still back in the good ol days with a Socket7
mb.  (hate those proprietary standards... PCMCIA is bad enough).
I havn't had much experience with AGP video cards.

Sorry,
Rob

On Tuesday, Feb 1999 at 18:13:44 George Toft wrote: 
 | I'm trying to install SuSE 5.3 on a Pentium II
 | (233 MHz, 32 MB RAM) with an AGP video card using 
 | the Cirrus Logic 5465 chipset.  SaX has that 
 | chipset in its database, and I have it set up 
 | correctly (let's presume I do).
 | 
 | Problem: X locks up after a few minutes of
 | operation, usually while painting a newly
 | created window.  I'm using the Generic SVGA
 | server, 800x600x8 resolution.
 | 
 | I recompiled the kernel to stress the system - 
 | worked with no problems.  I used the VGA
 | server in a 640x480x4 resolution (looked
 | horrible, but worked reliably).
 | 
 | Can anyone suggest a definitive test to see 
 | if the problem is in the video card or the
 | X Server?
 | 
 | George