Re: X freezes!
On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 20:33, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
>
> On 2002.07.17 03:05 Stephen Gran wrote:
> > This one time, at band camp, Carlos Sousa said:
> > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:38:39 -0300 Marcelo Chiapparini
> > <chiappa@uerj.br>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 2002.07.16 12:12 David Z Maze wrote:
> > > > > Marcelo Chiapparini <chiappa@uerj.br> writes:
> > > > > > I am running woody + gnome 1.4 in an Athlon system. Sometimes,
> > > > > > while working, X freezes and the only way to get the system
> > back
> > > > > > is rebooting ;(.
> > > > ...
> > > > May be there is a log file I can read?
> > >
> > > Check /var/log/XFree86.0.log, also your ~/xsession-errors.
> > >
> > > I had/have a similar problem, and I'm convinced it is caused by X's
> > > graphics driver for my ATI card, and the crashes were caused by GL
> > > rendering.
> > >
> > > I manage to get a stable system by not using GL screensavers and
> > staying
> > > away from GL graphics software and games. I *really* hope X 4.2 can
> > > address this issue...
> >
> > Same exact issues here - I can usualy ssh in and cleanly kill off the
> > X
> > processes, though. I'm left with nothing in my logs for clues, but I
> > came to this conclusion after trying to make it freeze for some time
> > with diferent apps, and deciding that it was GL related.
> >
> > Oh, and if you really want X 4.2 -
> > deb http://people.debian.org/~branden/ sid/$(ARCH)/
> >
> > Have it running on one computer without a snag, but I'm waiting to
> > move
> > over the one that's actually having a problem, because it's a little
> > too
> > important to fry just now.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Steve
>
> Hi,
>
> thanks for all the replies. How can I see if a graphical software is a
> GL one?
ldd filename
See if il links with libGL.so
Kind Regards
Crispin Wellington
http://www.aeonline.net/crispin/
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