X crashes randomly
Since the last 2 weeks approximately, I'm experiencing crashes in
graphical display: I can move the mouse pointer but clicking on anything
has no effect, or has a strange effect, e.g. clicking on an icon in the
toolbar will bring up a completely unrelated window. If I close X with
ctrl-alt-backspace this brings me back to the gdm login screen, but
logging in brings me back to the display as dysfunctional as before.
This seems to happen more when I have a lot of windows open /
applications running, but I can not discern a clear pattern. I have lots
of RAM (1 Gb) and top nevers shows any intense use of cpu or memory when
crashes happen. Actually there have been no crashes during more
cpu-intense activities such as compiling a sizeable java program. The
log for X or syslog does not show anything suspicious.
I'm at a lost since I have no idea where the problem is originating.
Could someone please help or suggest directions or what relevant
information I could post?
I'm running:
- etch, updated every day or every couple of days
- gdm
- icewm-experimental
Last time the crash happened I was running:
- icedove
- iceweasel
- eclipse
- jEdit
- XFE
- XPDF
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Normand Fortier
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