Hi, I am accessing this list from xfree86-list@redhat.com The version of Xfree86 which ships with redhat v. 7.3 and on Mandrake 8.2 is highly unstable with my All-in-Wonder Rage128 Pro 32mb. Since I have switched from Mandrake 8.0 with xfree86 4.0 to Redhat 7.3 w/xfree86 4.2, I experience unrecoverable hangs in X windows. The problem is repeated in mandrake 8.2 and continues even when updating to newest Mandrake xfree86 4.2 rpms. I have switched back to redhat7.3 for debugging purposes. The symptom is basically that I lose all mouse and keyboard events in gnome and kde 2.2 ( e.g,., clicks and keystrokes ) but the environment still recognizes movement of the mouse cursor. In KDE 3 on Mandrake with the newest qt and kde libraries, 20% of the time, if I catch the problem early enough, I can still use apps running in the main window for a little while before it completely hangs, and if I do a ctrl-alt-backspace before the windowing system completely hangs. Otherwise recovery necessitates a hard reboot which invariably damages my file system. I am reasonably certain that this is an XFree86 issue since I have on various occasions deleted any and all gtk and gnome project libraries and run only in kde 2. Deleted any and all kde 2 and qt libraries and run only in kde 3. Deleted any and all kde 3 and qt libraries and run only in gtk and gnome. In all 3 environments, I experience unrecoverable system hangs. Looking on the supported hardware list, I see that my card is supported, and indeed, I have never had a problem with my card from xfree86 3.3.x through xfree86 4.0. The card itself is not broken since the system is dual boot and my wife is experiencing no card-related problems in windows. I have located the 4.2.0-57.i386 libraries provided by Mike Harris and will install them today to see if they resolve the problems on my system but I am skeptical since looking at the xfree86 newbie, xpert and redhat xfree86 list I see no mention of incompatibilities with the ATI All in Wonder Rage 128 card on RH 7.3. I apologize for the long-winded post and for not providing more hard data. I am sending this from work where Xfree86 4.2 on RH 7.3 is stable and happy on a newer ATI card. I will send the /proc/iomem, /proc/ioports, and lspci -v data along with anything else that you might find useful for debugging when I get home tonight. If I can get anything from the XFree86.0.log and an strace of startx and some apps, I will do so. It would be helpful if someone could recommend any additional debugging information that I might provide. Also, should I provide debugging info on the existing system before attempting to upgrade to Mike's newest rpm's? TIA, Salvador Peralta
