Xterminal freezing on KDE

[Eric N. Valor]

I've got some new information on this issue:

Whenever I start an Xterm of any sort in KDE (or for that matter, 
seemingly, any window manager) my XF86_SVGA process pegs at 98% processor 
and the whole system hangs up.  I get zilch from any log files.

  I'm using a dual PIII-850 with 256mb RAM (soon to be closer to a full 
gig).  The video card is an older Number Nine AGP Reality 334 utilizing an 
S3 processor.  I've tried switching to the "xserver-s3" video server with 
the exact same results.

Can anyone help me out here?  I've never seen this on any system I've ever 
built before.


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Howdy folks:

I'm setting up a new system and have an interesting problem where any time 
I start an Xterm (either xterm, konsole or gnome-terminal) the whole system 
completely locks up for 30-60 seconds.  Then, when in the Xterm and 
scrolling (like, while compiling a kernel) the system freezes and the 
scrolling text goes by **very** slowly.  When its all done the system comes 
back to regular life.

This only happens in Xterms.  Using Konqueror, Mozilla, Netscape, or any 
other window function works normal.

I'm using Debian Potato upgraded to the "testing" packages with a 2.4.18 
kernel.

Any ideas?
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