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Date:      Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:48:06 +0200
From:      Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com>
To:        jtm63@enteract.com
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORg
Subject:   Re: XFree86-4.0 console switching crash
Message-ID:  <6b917f781842f76a5b42520eb4d7e391@cequrux.com>
References:  <df8b1a8273706dd4a167c4469ddf2f37@cequrux.com> <00061709214001.06175@smtp.enteract.com>

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James McNaughton wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Graham Wheeler wrote:
> > Related to my XFree86-4.0/Trident Cyberblade crashes
> >

> FWIW, I have the same thing happening on my desktop since I switched to
> a Number Nine I128 card (PCI) from  Number Nine GXE (ISA). With the old
> card I could switch back and forth between X and any terminal forever.
> Now it's crashola -- however it's just the video display that's
> crashing. The system is still running and ctrl-alt-del reboots normally
> syncing the disks etc. You may want to try that if it happens again.

Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work, nor can the machine be pinged. 

> IMHO it's the driver and not the chipset.

Rephrase that as "the driver *for* the chipset".

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