Re: Problem to locate bug

["Julian Schreck" <schreck.julian@uranus.uni-freiburg.de>]

Hi,
I could narrow it down to lxterminal (autostarted), openbox or an automatically started process. Any other advice than changing the window manager (in case that was suggested/your intention)?

- A rough description of the kind of computer: ”# lshw“ gives
debian                      
    description: Desktop Computer
    product: To Be Filled By O.E.M. (To Be Filled By O.E.M.)
    vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
    version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
    serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
    width: 64 bits
[...]
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: Z270M Pro4
       vendor: ASRock
       physical id: 0
       serial: M80-6C011101317
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: P2.50
          date: 03/16/2018
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 16MiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi

- details about the graphics hardware: ”# lshw“ gives
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:126 memory:de000000-deffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff

- possibly needed special graphics firmware: some installed packages: libdrm-intel1, libwebrtc-audio-processing1, xserver-xorg-video-intel, firmware-linux-free, xserver-xorg-input-all, xserver-xorg-video-all, xserver-xorg

Kind regards,
sj126
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> Hi,
> 
> sj126@uranus.uni-freiburg.de wrote:
> > As far as I can see, this behaviour may only be
> > caused by [1-4] out of 4 programs: lxterminal, qutebrowser, evolution,
> > openbox.
> 
> Consider to use alternatives for a few days until it is clear whether
> avoiding one or more of the suspects makes the freeze vanish.
> 
> 
> > Or a package acting behind my knowledge
> 
> Or the hardware or the firmware ...
> 
> 
> > System info will be sent when told which.
> 
> A rough description of the kind of computer, details about the graphics
> hardware, and possibly needed special graphics firmware might give ideas.
> 
> But probably you will have to use search engines to find rumors which
> resemble your problem. "openbox screen freezes" shows a colorful bouquet
> of symptoms. (Compare this with "fvwm screen freezes".)
> 
> 
> Have a nice day :)
> 
> Thomas