On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 09:46:02PM -0500, Paul Smith wrote: > I can also confirm this on my system (Dell GX240, ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra > TF). It behaves identically to the report in the XFree86 bug DB as > well: the X server locks with 99% of the CPU, no mouse/keyboard; killing > the X server works, but if you restart it it goes right back to 99%. > The only way out is to reboot. > > I see this bug was reported 10 months ago with little activity (it's > still "NEW") even though it seems pretty reproducible and is marked as > critical severity and P2. The last note on the bug was even 4 months > ago! > > So, since the future looks kind of bleak on this bug should I switch > back to the 4.2 server? I can't afford to reboot my system once or > twice a day due to hard lockups! Well, maybe you could configure xscreensaver to stop using the kumppa screenhack? I know a workaround is less satisfactory than a bugfix, but it probably beats a system hang. -- G. Branden Robinson | Don't use nuclear weapons to Debian GNU/Linux | troubleshoot faults. branden@debian.org | -- US Air Force Instruction 91-111 http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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