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Title: X: System crashes with Riva128 cards

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X: System crashes with Riva128 cards

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 5.2
XFree86: Version 3.3.2

Symptom:

You use a graphic card that is based on the nVidia Riva128 chip. After the configuration of the X-Server, the system freezes during the startup of XFree86 and can only be recovered with a hard reset.

Cause:

This phenomenom occurs, if your system BIOS attempts to allocate one interrupt for more than one device. The X-Server is currently unable to handle shared interrupts, which causes the the system hangup.

Solution:

Try to configure your system BIOS in such a way, that it reserves one sole interrupt for the graphic card. If you card is an AGP Type, it might help to leave the PCI slot next to the AGP port empty.

If you have no free interrupt available for the graphics card, an alternative is to enter

Option "no_accel"
into the Device section of /etc/XF86Config. This way you will usually get a stable picture even though none of the acceleration features of the Riva chip will be active.

Addendum: This problem should be fixed in newer versions of XFree86. A RPM-package for S.u.S.E. Linux can be downloaded from our ftp-Server at:


ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/XFree86-3.3.2.3-SuSE/xsvga.rpm

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Keywords: XFREE, NVIDIA, RIVA128, XSERVER, AGP, DIAMOND, VIPER

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Categories: XFree86 , Graphic cards , X Window System

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