On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 02:46:33PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Morgan Terry (zombie-m@bigfoot.com) spake thusly: > > I know this probably isn't debian related, but I figured I'd ask > > here anyway. My system is locking solid whenever I either (a) > > exit X windows, or (b) switch to a VT from X (i.e. Ctrl-Alt-F2), > > or (c) the console blanker comes on. I have this happen with > > kernels 2.4.10 and 2.4.12. I am running 2.4.8 right now, and I > > don't get the lockups with this kernel. I haven't tried 2.4.9. > > I've searched google (web and groups) with no success. Anyone > > know what's up with this? > > I haven't seen this with 2.4.10, but I had one lock-up with 2.4.12 > when switching from X to vc (and I think Midnight Commander started > screen saver on that vc). No idea what's causing it, > CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is my main suspect. > I still have 2.4.10, and seen the following behavior. I did 2 things: Unset XMMS to use realtime priority Unapplied preemptive patch. I don't know if one of those things really fixed anything, But it works now, and I didn't have the time to expirment with it. Switching to X and back works fine, although I haven't tried MC's screensaver. I don't know if you use XMMS or not but perhaps that's on of the things to try. > Dima > -- > The wombat is a mixture of chalk and clay used for respiration. -- MegaHal > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- GPG key-id: 1024D/5BE3DCFD Dmitriy CCAB 5F17 A099 9E43 1DBE 295C 9A21 2F1C 5BE3 DCFD Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org
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