On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 12:58:10PM -0800, Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> I too have been running dual 366's at 550 under X without any
> problems for the last couple of weeks. I have a Voodoo 3 (running
> 3Dfx's 3.3.5 X server) and am using the HPT366 controller.
Very interesing -- not XFree!
> Some of the problems that many people are having regarding lockup
> under X *may* be completely unrelated to the motherboard. On a
> completely different machine (with some Intel motherboard) I would
> often get lockups under X while the system was sitting idle. I was
> running XFree86 3.3.1 or 3.3.3 (I don't recall which one). Once I
> upgraded to 3.3.5, the problem never happened again. BTW, my old
> graphics card was a Matrox Millennium.
Yep. This was 3.3.3.1 XSVGA. I got these locks when I first I got my
G200, every 3-4 weeks or so. They went away with 3.3.5. Same lock as
now, when idle and completely dead kernel. XFree is definitely a
suspect. A lot of us are running the SVGA server too.
> Jon
>
> Randy Carpenter wrote:
>
> > > > Thanks ... (I have not yet experienced anything weird)
> > >
> > > The best description is that the BP6 is simply not stable with
> > > dual procs under Linux, regardless of kernel or hardware. Some
> > > circumstances are more unstable than others, but taken as a
> > > whole, it's just a no-go.
> > >
> > > Single-procs seem to be solid, however.
> >
> > I have never had a single problem that wasn't related to a bad
> > CPU. I've had uptimes of 60+ days running dual 366's at 550,
> > running X, and plenty of cpu intensive apps, like multiple
> > VMWare's or seti@home clients. There has to be some explanation
> > for people's troubles. Most of the evidence I have seen points to
> > problems with video cards.
> >
> > -Randy
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