>> Ken Hornstein (kenh@entropic.com) wrote: : This is running NetBSD
>> 1.0 on a no-name EISA mb, VLB Mach32 w/2Mb VRAM, : XFree86 3.1.  I
>> remember vague rumors about the font cache being screwy unde r :
>> XFree86 3.1 for Mach32 cards ... is that actually the case?
>> 
>> I have the same thing at home, and a 486 with a Mach32 VLB at work,
>> and both have the exact same problem.  Of course, Netscape also
>> crashes whenever I cut and paste to it, so I use Chimera.

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> Anyway, it's refreshing to encounter someone else with this problem
> - sounds like it's definately a server problem.  Maybe it will be
> fixed whenever XFree86 3.1.1 comes out ....

I have two machines here with ATI GUPs (PCI) which both expose this problem.
I asked David Dawes (XFree86 guy) the following earlier today:

>Do you know if the font cache problems with the Mach32 3.1 server is 
>fixed in 3.1.1? I mean the problem that fonts get corrupted when using 
>font intensive programs like Netscape or Mosaic. I see people mention the 
>problem on the list from time to time, but I have not yet seen an answer.

and got the answer:

: I don't think so.  None of our people working on the Mach32 server have been
: able to reproduce this problem.
:
: David

/Janne