[99562] in RedHat Linux List
Re: X-Windows Freezing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lconrad@world.std.com)
Sun Nov 15 17:21:18 1998
From: lconrad@world.std.com
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: 15 Nov 1998 17:16:03 -0500
In-Reply-To: Brian Spooner's message of "Sun, 15 Nov 1998 15:24:22 -0800 (PST)"
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>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Spooner <brian@pardis.sas.upenn.edu> writes:
Brian> I having the same problem, though I cannot tie it down to
Brian> any particular function. it just happens randoms, roughly
Brian> once a week! Brian
Brian> On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 ryan@cayley.ml.org wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have a problem with my X windows system with Redhat 5.1. I
>> have the configuration all setup and everything, and it starts
>> fine, but occasionally (seemingly random to me), the system
>> will freeze. I can't move the mouse or switch to a virtual
>> terminal or use ctrl-alt-delete to reboot the system. The only
>> thing I can do is turn off the box and boot like that.
I was having a problem like that, under 5.0, which seems to have gone
away, or at least become much less frequent when I updated
xscreensaver from the redhat updates site. (It was serendipity -- I
just did it because I figured there might be cool new hacks.)
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