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Subject: Re: Via chipset
To: bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu (Bobby D. Bryant)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:09:56 +0100 (BST)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> Alan Cox wrote:
> > We know it happens on some boards that apparently cant keep up. We dont know
> > why, there is no time estimate for a cure. That unfortunately is about it
> 
> FWIW (qualitative data point), my EPoX system with the VIA chipset seems to run a
> few *hours* without an oops when I boot a PIII kernel and run it with X, but a few
> *days* on the same kernel when I don't start X.
> 
> Sometimes it barfs early even without X, but there seems to be a significant
> difference in the expected uptime between using X and not using X.

If you are running XFree servers then provide info on the card, the machine
configuration and XFree version, whether you use DRI or not. Also send the
same info to XFree86 themselves. It's entirely possible the Xserver is
the trigger some of the bugs, and getting the info to both parties will
really help