Re: X-WINDOW FREEZE

[David Teague <dbt@elentari.cs.wcu.edu>]

Camiel Coenen <c.coenen@gmx.net> wrote

> I sometimes run into the problem of an X-Window freeze [..] 
> annoying because I have to reboot my system by using the reset
> button  Is there a solution to prevent or avoid such a freeze ? 

Camiel:

I have a K6 350 in a ASUS P5 MB with 128MB RAM and an ATI 2MB video
card (I dont'have video card info, can look it up if need be.)
and Adaptec 2840 scsi controller. 

I had irregular freezes that I could only recover from by reset
until I killed xdm. I use startx to crank up X now, and don't have
those freezes.  Never did figure out what was going on.  

I leave my machine on all the time, so startx once in a while is no
bother. 

You might try killing xdm.

--David
David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
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