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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:17:32 -0600
From:      Troy Bowman <tbowman@aros.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@rikrose.net
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Radeon + A7A266 + XFree86-4.1.0 + spontaneous reboot woes...
Message-ID:  <3B9D1FDC.5090301@aros.net>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0109102052480.15217-100000@pkl.net>

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This is a problem with the AMD761 chipset, because it kinda 
non-standard.  It seems like I read that it was their AGP 
implementation.  A fix in X's drivers to work with the 761 would help 
greatly.  I found a few mailng list discussions on it, and they said 
that they're "working on it."

As for the rebooting, well, X runs as root and talks directly to 
hardware.  Programs that do that are always threats.

...troy.

freebsd-stable@rikrose.net wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm following -STABLE. I have an Athlon 1400 MHz on an Asus A7A266, with a
>Radeon VIVO graphics card. I have XFree86 4.1.0 from ports, and I have
>discovered (much to my dismay) that X reboots the machine quite
>consistently.
>
>I noticed that as far back ago as June this problem was reported to
>the -stable list, with Mike Smith stepping forwards to say he was
>investigating it. That was June, and it's now September...
>
>this a -stable problem, or an XFree problem. Where should I send a problem
>report? IMHO, this shouldn't be able to reboot the machine, so even if
>this is an XFree86 problem, you guys should know.
>
>Are there any fixes in the pipeline? Did you even know? Should I submit a
>PR?
>
>rik
>
>
>
>
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