Re: X just locks up

[Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com>]

jeff wrote:
> > Hey people. Has anyone just had X suddenly lock up their box? To 
> > rule out configuration problems, I just ran /etc/X11/X, and watched 
> > my laptop lock up. It was working, and then I installed gdm. Since 
> > then I've reinstalled all the X related packages and it didn't solve 
> > the problem. I'm in the process of reinstalling Debian right now. 
> >
> >    Has anyone had this happen?
>
>
> Yes. I had the same thing happen with my sid installation; I have *no* idea
> what happened, but the keyboard and mouse would not respond even though X
> would load completely with desktop, and I could still SSH in.

I think there are a number of causes.  I have had the problem a few 
times and then some upgrade would fix it.  gpm is often a problem.  I 
removed it the last time I had a problem and haven't had one since.

I sometimes just lose the mouse and just quickly switch to a virtual 
terminal and back seems to fix that.

Paul Scott


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