Redhat 7.3, Xfree86 and bpp problem

[Geoff Wright]

Hi. 

Sorry to bother again and apologies if this is off-topic. 

I am experiencing occasional complete system crashes with Redhat7.3.  I have 
an ATI xpert 2000 32MB video card and I use driver r128.  The bpp (bits per 
pixel I thnk!) default after installation was 8 bpp (found in 
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4) but this gave me some funny behaviour such as "colour 
flashing" and errors such as cannot allocate color #04000.  

I have Mandrake 8.1 installed on another partition on this machine and so I 
looked at the XF86Config-4 file for that distro.  It is set to 24 bpp.  

Now, when I set bpp = 24 with Redhat7.3, there are combinations of events that 
can cause the system to completely lock up (one such combination is to run: 
jheatbugs, then open Forte, then try to print something from Galeon).  
Another app that seems to cause breakdown is AbiWord.  Anyways, I am not sure 
if any one has encountered this kind of behaviour or has any hints as to what 
to do about it but for now I can live with it (although it is sure starting 
to feel like I am back working with Windows98!).

Take care,
geoff

ps. If anyone has a similar set-up, a copy of their XF86Config-4 file might 
provide some clues.

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