I'm running RH7.2 w/ 128 mb RAM and a Matrox Mystique video card w/ 2 mb of memory on a PII 350 box. Runs fine in level 3 but when in level 5 with Gnome or KDE I get random lockups with the mouse buttons and keyboard dead. The cursor doesn't freeze, but nothing highlights when the cursor is on it and the buttons are dead. I can't even Ctrl+Alt+ Delete or Ctrl+Alt+ Backspace. One thing I've noticed is that it takes much longer to freeze when I run in 8 bit color than in 16 bit. According to the Redhat hardware compatibility list, my card is compatible w/ RH7.2, but I'm beginning to wonder. This is the same box that I ran a highly tweaked RH6.0 on for over a year with no problems, but that was with XFree86 3.x. RH7.2 runs XFree86 4.x and I'm wondering if it requires more video memory than I have. Redhat support's final comments after trying to solve the problem were: >Usually the solution for lower RAM is to use the other mode or lower bit mode. >If the issue still persists, we recommend posting it to bugzilla entry because >we already tried various solutions such as using the lowest mode, using the old >server, and others. This can also be due to bug errors which our System >Developers may assist you more. Redhat bugzilla was less than helpfull. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Bob Holtzman "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer!"
