Re: debugging X crash that requires hardware reset
On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 20:47 -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Several times now I've experienced a total freeze of my computer while X
> is active. The machine is unresponsive to keyboard and network, and even
> to the ATX soft-power button. It requires me to unplug its power cable
> and reset the CMOS before it will boot again. I do not know for sure that
> this is an X problem, but since it was happening on a twice-daily basis
> using the 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 packages, and only happens once every few days
> since I backed down to -4, that is where my suspicions lie.
I don't see any obviously related changes in the changelog between -4
and -5 though...
> Can anyone suggest how to debug this sort of crash? I'm willing to try
> just about anything.
First of all, does disabling the DRI work around the problem?
PS: This should probably be a bug report instead of only a list thread.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
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