On Fri, 31 May 1996, Hector Peraza wrote:
> On Fri, 31 May 1996, Erik Rissanen wrote:
>
> > The problem is that fvwm2 crashes when I switch to an another
> > virtual console with ctrl+alt+Fn (Fn is any F-key). This seems to
> > happen at random times, but very often. To produce it I just
> > do something in X and switch from and back until it happens.
> > It always happens when I switch from X to text, never the opposite.
> >
> > Here is the output:
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > Caught signal 11. Server aborting
> >
> > ...
> >
> > It is the SVGA server.
> > I run it with a Cirrus Logic 5434 card with 2 Mb RAM in 16bpp.
>
> Seems to be a problem of the X server, anyway. I have experienced the same
> problem some time ago when I was using a Cirrus Logic card (with either
> fvwm-1.24 or olvwm, Linux 1.2.8). As soon as I changed the card, the
> problem dissapeared. You may want to try changing/disabling some of the
> server options, see the README.cirrus for more details.
Yup, I don't think this is a problem in fvwm; it's definately your
server that's bailing out.
Maybe you have bad memory/cache?
How much RAM do you have?
Austin
[Wearing my linux hat]
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Received on Fri May 31 1996 - 12:22:36 BST