[ltp] Freezes SuSE 7.1/7.2 and TP T 21

[Dr. Edmund Weitz]

Markus Alt <altmark@de.ibm.com> writes:
> "Dr. Edmund Weitz" wrote:
> > I'm now running SuSE 7.2 with XFree 4.1.0 and it looks like I just
> > made a silly mistake with the XF86Config file: I was aware of the
> > Savage bug and the workaround for it but I put the "ShadowStatus"
> > line in the "ServerFlags" section instead of the "Device" section
> > where it belongs... :(
> 
> Are you sure that you need this? I mean, I never experienced this
> "scrolling hang" and thus never had to add "ShadowStatus" to my
> XF86Config. Do you have problems if you drop it?

Yep, I just tried it. I commented out the "ShadowStatus" line in
XF86Config and the system hung completely after about half an hour
while I was scrolling a webpage in Netscape. I've read that about 4%
of the Savage/IX users encounter this bug - looks like I'm one of the
lucky few... :)

I have no problem putting this line into my configuration file but I
wonder why this (hardware) bug is still there and why these cards are
still sold by IBM although it seems that the bug has been known by the
end of 2000 already...

Best regards,
Edi.



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