X locks the complete system

[Christoph Koulen]

Hi,

does it occur with other OSs also, like Windows?
Since the problem does -according to your description- not seem to be
related to any specific application and may occur after an arbitrary
stretch of time, have you observed a relatedness to system load in
general?

I mean, have you ruled out thermal problems (CPU overheating?) which
would definitely cause symptoms like you describe...

been there, too... 8-(

Chris

Message: 4
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:26:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Xpert]X locks up the complete system
Hi,
I am running Mandrake 9.0 distro and the X server 4.2.1 which came with
it. The problem is that, after using X for some time, my system locks up
completely. I mean no key combination works. No not even the Magic Sysrq.
The only option is a hard reset.
1. Mouse pointer disappears.
2. No common action ( that means, I can't recreate it
intentionally. )
3. Occurs irrespective of GUI. KDE, Gnome all the same.
4. Complete system freeze.
5. May occur within minutes after the boot or after hours.

[Mukhben Singh]

hi,
No this problem doesn't occur in win 98 which i dual boot. and also this
doesn't seem to be related to system load in general. Because it can occur
in the first few mins of booting also. but the thing is that it
occurs in X only. I may be running only a single application or multiples.
If I don't start X my machine does't have any problems. neither in finnds
or compiles. :(
I have been running icewm for 2 days now and no problems. I will
wait it to hang in icewm too before proceeding with the suggestions given
by all of you.
Regards,
Mukhben

Post by Christoph Koulen
Hi,
does it occur with other OSs also, like Windows?
Since the problem does -according to your description- not seem to be
related to any specific application and may occur after an arbitrary
stretch of time, have you observed a relatedness to system load in
general?
I mean, have you ruled out thermal problems (CPU overheating?) which
would definitely cause symptoms like you describe...
been there, too... 8-(
Chris

Message: 4
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:26:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Xpert]X locks up the complete system
Hi,
I am running Mandrake 9.0 distro and the X server 4.2.1 which came with
it. The problem is that, after using X for some time, my system locks up
completely. I mean no key combination works. No not even the Magic Sysrq.
The only option is a hard reset.
1. Mouse pointer disappears.
2. No common action ( that means, I can't recreate it
intentionally. )
3. Occurs irrespective of GUI. KDE, Gnome all the same.
4. Complete system freeze.
5. May occur within minutes after the boot or after hours.

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