On Mar 26,  1:43pm, KOPPKA DIRK  *Highlander* wrote:
> Subject: xdm problems
> I managed to install RiscBSD 1.2 with several sets! So far so good! It
> works quite stable unless I start the X-System.
>
> First I can't get xdm to work properly. I get the login screen, but
> login in is not possible. After a few seconds hard disk access I get
> an error message, which reads something like this:
>
>   data abort: 'permission error (page)' ....
>
> I can't read the rest, because xdm reboots.

Hmm, curious. I hope its related to running out of page tables. What kernel are
you running?

> However, I can start X via startx, but having open two or three
> applications I get an error message:
>
>    warning: possible process deadlock due two shortage of L1 page
>             tables

You can increase the number of L1 page tables in the bootloader.

Cheers

Rob