Subject: Re: new kind of crash under 1.2 1/2 :)
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/17/1997 10:01:28
On Sat, 17 May 1997 19:17:50 +0300 
 Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi> wrote:

 > The problem is that my 1.2 tree isn't 100% standard.  It includes lots
 > of fixes that eventually went into 1.2.1, but also things that aren't
 > in 1.2.1.  The worst thing is that I can't recall all the changes I have
 > made (and I'm running this mutant version on some 10 machines, most of
 > which are critical).

:-) . o O ( mmm, diff -r )

 > Anyway, the problem shows up when Netscape is running on this machine
 > but it's display is on the other machine (ie. network is being used by
 > X).  This problem never occurred with the 3com509 Ethernet card, so it
 > has to have something to do with the SMC driver (I now have an SMC
 > card) or the generic PCI code (but I have other PCI cards which work ok
 > so I don't think it's that).

What sort of card are you using with the 1.2 "de" driver, exactly?
I know you probably didn't want to hear this, but the -current "de"
driver is _much_ better... it wouldn't be all that easy to back-port
to 1.2, either :-(

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