[Preston] XFree86 crashing in Debian

[Andrew King]

Guy said:

> I have noticed something similar:
> If I use the same method to get a VC, Xwindows completely locks up if I try 
> to return to X. (Alt + Ctrl + Backspace has no effect) and I need to reset 
> the machine.

Weird isn't it.  It never helps when I'm showing people how ace Linux is
and the first thing I do is press Alt+F7 and it crashes :))

> I put this down to me compiling a kernel with either framebuffering support 
> or the 'fancy' console res switching mode but I was never sure exactly (my 
> kernel has both).
> I didn't actually try this with anything other than my custom kernel.
> 
> The same thing happens if I try to play the port of the old C64 game 'Thrust' 
> in SVGA mode. The game works fine but I cannot return to X when I kill the 
> program, and the machine locks up.
> 
> Generally X seems stable but admittedly if you use a VC a lot, it is a 
> serious bug.

Thanks for that - I'll post in a few months time when I know more.

Andrew