Re: Problem: Blank screen in X after heavy disk access (2.4 only)

[Rodney M. Jokerst]

Yes, I have the same motherboard / chipset.  Thanks for your help!

Rodney M. Jokerst

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Nathan Thompson wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 03:11:01PM -0600, Rodney M. Jokerst wrote:
> > This action causes my screen to go blank in X and remain blank
> > unless I move the mouse or type on the keyboard.  The second I stop doing
> > one of these activities, it goes blank again.  While it is blank, it seems
> > to be flashing every second, as if it is recieving blank screen commands
> > repeatedly.  This behavior continues until I restart the machine.  If I
> > switch to a console, everything is fine.  If I restart the X server, the
> > behavior continues.
> 
> Is this a VIA chipset based motherboard?
> 
> If so someone (Vojtech Pavlik ?) has a patch that helps this... 
> It is a hardware error.
> 
> For what it's worth I have seen this exact same behavior on my machine
> in 2.2.x.
> 
> I have an abit ka7 motherboard, via kx133 chipset.
> 
> Nate
> 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > Rodney M. Jokerst
> 
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