Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 21:11:34 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FastVid implemented on XFree86? Message-ID: <199611210511.VAA02932@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 Nov 1996 23:39:11 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.94.961120233401.18615A-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com>
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Silence and on this front. I like your info and I will try it out over here. Is just that I rarely boot dos on this box . Tnks for the info! Amancio >From The Desk Of Mark Mayo : > On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > > > Tnks, > > Amancio > > > > I was just wondering if you got a reply either way... I'm pretty sure it's > not. I noticed, however, that if I run FastVid from a DOS boot, then do a > "soft reboot = CTRL+ALT+DEL" the chipset/CPU isn't reset! > > So I get nice fast video with my 82450GX chipset PPro. Happy. However, on > several occasions, it has caused AccleX, xdm, fvwm to core dump -- to the > point that xdm wouldn't even start up again :-( If I do a hardware reset > everything starts working again. > > > Overall, _my_ system seems quite stable with the FastVid stuff turned on, > but it does seem to be a problem some times... > > -Mark > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > | Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com | > | RingZero Comp. vinyl.quickweb.com/mark | > --------------------------------------------------- > "To iterate is human, to recurse divine." > - L. Peter Deutsch >
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