Re: X locks up - more info
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:41:17PM -0800, Michael Dickey wrote:
> More observations: when this happens, fonts are all messed up -
> larger
> than they should be, and parts of them are missing. When I telnet
> to the computer, XFree86 is consuming ~99% CPU resources, however
> even after I kill all x-related processes the desktop is still locked
>
> up. The only way I have been able to get out of this is to do a hard
> reboot. Michael
>
> --- Michael Dickey <mcdickey@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Just started experiencing this problem with a fresh install of
> > woody on my
> > laptop. X locks up as soon as I try to do anything, and
> > ctrl-alt-backspace
> > won't kill it, nothing will. This happens running twm or KDE window
> > manager.
> > I have no idea how to troubleshoot this. Any ideas?
> >
> > Michael
> >
>
Before starting a new X session, check ~/.xsession-errors and
~/.kde2-errors to see if they contain anything to help identify the
problem.
--
Jerome
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