Re: X lockups
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 09:10:13PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> * Bradley M Alexander <storm@tux.org> [07-07-2003 20:03]:
> > In the past month or so, I have noticed that at random intervals,
> > X will lock up, kick me out, and xdm will restart.
> >
> > Ideas?
>
> I have had 2 lockups recently after a year without any such trouble.
> SSH'ing into the box worked on one occasion. However, killing X,
> gave me a proper lockup.
Normally it happens when I am on the box, and I hear the two clicks of the
mode change on the monitor, then it goes back to an xdm login. This
morning was the first time I got a hard lockup.
> I update almost every day and hopefully the problem is gone. It's
> been a couple of weeks without a crash.
In checking the packages, many of the X packages are 4.2.1-8, but the
xserver-xfree86 is 4.2.1-9. I have the packages for upgrading the rest to
-9 on my laptop to be deployed tonight.
> My suspicion is towards Mozilla-Firebird. At least one time, I was
> editing an input form. At the moment, this activity still crashes
> firebird quite often, but luckily with no harm done to X.
Interesting. I use Mozilla-Galeon, but I have had similar experiences. I
may try running with Mozilla only for a bit to eliminate the whole galeon
thing.
> Bob
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