On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Tejas Dinkar <tejasdinkar at gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone else have this issue of X suddenly locking up at Random > Things? > > I'm not sure if it's a bug with my Graphics Driver (probably is), but it > only seems to happen in KDE, and never with GNOME (even with Desktop > Effects off) > > My symtoms are that KDE (and X in general) suddenlly locks up. The mouse > may be moved for a few seconds. If I try sshing in and killing X, or > pressing the power button to shut down, then my caps lock button starts > blinking (Kernel Panic). Since KDE 4.2, the frequency with which these > lock ups happen is going up. > > Does anyone know what might be wrong/a workaround? > > I'm using a > VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 > Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) > > rpm -q xorg-x11-drv-i810 kdelibs kdebase-workspace kdebase-runtime > xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.5.0-4.fc10.i386 > kdelibs-4.2.0-10.fc10.i386 > kdebase-workspace-4.2.0-8.fc10.i386 > kdebase-runtime-4.2.0-6.fc10.i386 I've been getting hard lockups. But they are really hard, the entire system freezes... I believe that mine are due to a new NIC I put in however. On my machine with KDE 4.2, I have seen no lockups yet. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com )