I didn't want to put too many details into linux-apps, because it's not
really an "app" problem.
It crashes hard. No keyboard. No cntrl-alt-backspace. No switching
consoles. Reboot with reset switch.
I examined it more, and basically every program except really trivial
ones give me a seg-fault. Even the ethernet-board driver (DEC Tulip)
seg-faults on startup. I suspect the kernel itself. I loaded "Caldera
Lite" successfully, including X, netscape, x-emacs, etc., and it uses
2.0.29(?). If Caldera runs OK, then the hardware, drives, etc. must be OK.
But a problem as extensive as what I'm seeing with Redhat must be kernel.
It's not an apps issue, but is there anyone else having problems with
Redhat 5.2 (particularly with an all-SCSI system)?
On 20-Nov-98 Tethys wrote:
>
>>when I installed Redhat, it crashes hard when I try to run X. I've sent
>>Redhat a message about it, and I'll continue to work on it, but it IS
>>very
>>dissapointing to have the "easy-install" system crash on me!
>
> So what exactly is the problem? When you say "crashed hard", what
> exactly do you mean? Do it lock the screen? Does it still respond
> to the keyboard? Does ctrl-alt-backspace work? If it's networked,
> can you log on remotely? If so, try "chvt 1" or "open bash". What
> video card are you using? Is /usr/X11/bin/X pointing to the right
> X server for your card? Did Xconfigurator run OK? Does your XF86Config
> file look OK? Try running XF86Setup instead of Xconfigurator (I've
> found it gives better results).
>
> Tet
>
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