Re: X stability issue
this is normal, netscape is trying to resolve some domain names during
that point..and i guess because of its single-threadedness(?) that it
freezes during resolution(found it when running an strace on the process)
happens on every version of netscape/X i have used be it linux libc5 linux
libc6, or irix
nate
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Bob Nielsen wrote:
nielse >
nielse >I'm seeing this with netscape 4.72 (libc6 version), 2.2.14 and
nielse >xserver-svga 3.3.6-6. If I bring up netscape, click on the location
nielse >box and start to type, it will freeze every time. If I wait a few
nielse >seconds after clicking on the box, the vertical cursor line will appear
nielse >in the box and I can type without incident.
nielse >
nielse >
nielse >On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 08:10:06PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
nielse >> hi sven,
nielse >>
nielse >> i'm experiencing this kind of freezes, too.
nielse >> i also use kernel 2.2.14, but i'm not running debian (but suse) and use
nielse >> xfree 3.3.5.
nielse >> the programm that causes these freezes _seems_ to be netscape, but who
nielse >> knows for sure ...
nielse >> maybe because i own an abit board, too (it's a bx6) ...
nielse >>
nielse >> > I'm wondering how other debian potato-boxes behaves in X. I have a 2 month old
nielse >> > potato system running on a dual-celeron, 256Mbyte ram and a Matrox G400. The
nielse >> > kernel is a patched 2.2.14 (using the IDE-patch from hedrik). X freezes totally
nielse >> > after a few days of use. Sometimes I'm able to go to a console and kill X as
nielse >> > root other times it's necessary to log in from another workstation and kill X
nielse >> > remotely - this is due to fact the my keyboard freezes too...
nielse >> > Today it went really awfull. I wanted to try CivCTP on Linux to test the
nielse >> > performance of my box. In the middle of the game everything freezes and I turn
nielse >> > to another workstation to kill X remotely. This time it's not enough. I have to
nielse >> > reboot the machine to get some new output on the monitor.
nielse >> >
nielse >> > Now my questions are:
nielse >> > Has anyone else experienced the same kind of instability?
nielse >> > Does anyone know if this could be due to...
nielse >> > - kernel instability?
nielse >> > - X instability?
nielse >> > - my hardware?
nielse >> > - potato instability?
nielse >> >
nielse >> > The fact is that I really hate to reboot my machine - it feels like I'm running
nielse >> > Windows.
nielse >> > X is XFree86 version 3.3.6-6 (svga). Mboard is Abit BP6 (not OC'ed).
nielse >> >
nielse >>
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