Just a "me too" post. I've got the same bug, and reached the same
conclusions you have. It looks like a DRI bug to me. I've seen reports of
this bug in comp.os.linux.x, too but no solutions (other than revert to XFree
4.0.2) yet.
On Monday 30 April 2001 17:44, John Kloian III wrote:
> 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!!!!!
> >
> >
> >---------------
> >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.
> >
>
>
>
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