[Xastir] more map stuff

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Thu, 29 May 2003, Jim Shorney wrote:

> Terraserver *did* work at one point in the past.

I'd be happy to work on this after the stable release comes out.  I
can start up another X-server in 8-bit mode while I'm running one in
16-bit or higher mode, so it's not a big deal to test like that.

Remind me about this later and I'll see what Linux X-server in 8-bit
mode thinks of the current code.  Perhaps a few tweaks here and
there and/or some better doc entries on the matter could help the
next guy to come along.


> It seems to be a memory handling
> problem somewhere in the underlying code that runs the microchannel
> architecture.  If it crashes with X on the screen, the image will
> remain frozen on the screen and the keyboard/mouse are non-responsive.
> I can telnet in, and ps -A tells me that no graphical processes are
> running, but the only thing to do at this point is a remote reboot.

It could be memory handling, it could be a poor video driver, it
could be interaction between video hardware and some other hardware
w.r.t. DMA/addresses/interrupts.


> OK, I'll stop now and go ponder the implications of Linux on a
> PC300xl....

You know you can get a bare-bones Athlon box for around $100, right?
That's where I'm going next for my home system.

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