On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 09:41, Michael P. Soulier 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, had this happen when certain screensavers would pop up. It was a laptop with radeon chip using XFree86 4.1.x from woody/sid. I am sure more than just xscreensaver could trigger the lockup, but the star wars one would always do it. I solved the problem by changing to the framebuffer (vesa works too) driver and am waiting for Xfree86 4.2. Try vesa or framebuffer and see if you still have the lockups. Or use Xfree86 4.2-- radeon supprt is supposed to be better for certain chipsets. Jamie Strandboge -- Email: jstrand1@rochester.rr.com GPG/PGP ID: 26384A3A Fingerprint: D9FF DF4A 2D46 A353 A289 E8F5 AA75 DCBE 2638 4A3A
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