You're right. This is what I've done thus far to try to isolate the
problem:
Problem:
When changing resolutions X server crashes and restarts. when loading
Quak3 xserver crashes and restarts. when loading Chroimium in windowed
mode everything works fine including DRI, when Chromium is switched to
fullscreen mode, X server crashes and restarts.
Tests made:
1. Switched card with another known good Voodoo3. Same problem.
2. Commented our Load "DRI" from /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Can switch
resolutions without X server crashing, however Quake runs EXTRMEMLY slow
becasue there is no DRI device to use.
3. Remove DRI comment and problem returns
4. Comment Load "GLX" from XF86Config-4. Problem persists.
This may not be the best troubleshooting in the world, but it convinced me
that the DRI in X 4.0.3 is what was causing my problems.
Not to say that DRI is not working, because Chromium will work in windowed
mode. More specifically I think the problem is that changing resolutions
while using DRI is what is casuing the crash. This can be seen from step
2 above. what do you think?
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On Tue, 1 May 2001, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote:
>John, I have the same problems in 8.0, nor in 7.2; but in beta 2 and beta 3 I
>had it also; it seems a problem with XFree86 4.0..2 and 4.0.3, because using
>xine and videoland with xvideo activated (a way to use directly the graphic
>hardware without XFree86) I can get full screen.
>
>Ah! is not a problem with DRI, because programs that don't use DRI, like
>clanbomber, heretic II or pingus also crashes X.
>
>Perhaps we should communicate the problem to the XFree team, but we must be
>sure this is the cause of the X crashes!!!!!
>
>
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>Francisco Alcaraz
>Murcia (Spain)
>
>El Lunes 30 Abril 2001 22:29, escribiste:
>> Has anyone experienced any weirdness with 8.0 and a voodoo3 using DRI? I
>> just did a vanilla install and have noticed that if I try to change
>> resolutions with DRI running the xserver restarts, also if I try to run a
>> program that uses DRI like Quake3 or Chromium in full-screen the xserver
>> restarts. I swaped video cards and ended up having to go back to 7.2 to
>> be able to use DRI correctly.
>
