Re: [XFree86] mga_vid VT switching hangs

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On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:40:45AM -0600, Billy Biggs wrote:
> Ryan Underwood (nemesis-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx):
> 
> > Just a quick and silly question:  does anyone know if there is a
> > limitation in mga_vid's design, that causes a dead system when
> > switching to a VT from X while mplayer is using it?  Of course, this
> > is one of those things where the obvious solution is "Don't do that
> > then", but I'm curious if I'm the only one that has that problem. :)
> > 
> > I have a G400MAX running dualhead with Matrox HAL, kernel 2.4.22,
> > XFree86 4.3.0 on Debian.
> 
>   When you have two drivers for the same hardware in conflict like that,
> I would expect problems.  It's pretty well known that this causes hangs.

Um, what exactly is the conflict here?  That should certainly be a
safe operation.

Monty
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