Re: Deadlock on kernels > 2.4.13-pre6

[Alan Cox]

> work properly... Unless some corrections, not reported into the
> changelogs, did eventually occur between 2.4.13-pre* series and 2.4.13.

Nope.

> Even if it shows up to be a VIA problem, what do I have to do, to get my
> system work properly with this chipset?

The reason I ask is VIA have had a history of weird ISA DMA hangs when doing
certain other operations. It could be some combination of these triggering
problems.

> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TnT [NV04] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])

Are you seeing the hangs in X11, and which X setup (one with agp loaded ?)
Also does it print "Activiating ISA DMA workarounds" during the boot ?

Alan