Richard England wrote:
Kernel 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 smp fully updated install
firefox 1.5.09 via yum
If I start firefox and use or let it sit idle, eventually the system
will lock up. No keyboard response, cursor moves with mouse movement
but the buttons do not function. I can't conclusively say that
firefox is that cause but it seems to be the commonality. If I let
the system idle without firefox, I have yet to see a freeze.
Any one else seen this? Any one have some diagnostic tricks I can use
to isolate this? I'm not a complete novice in using Linux but any
tips might save me a boat load of trial and error. I may try starting
a VNC session from another machine and see if it is active so I can
see dmesg, etc. Perhaps it's an xwindows issue.....
Thanks,
~~Richard
I can't report a solution but I _can_ report a cessation of
hostilities.....
I noticed that after a recent kernel upgrade I had failed to reinstall
the Nvidia drivers I'm using on my system [GeForce4 MX440]. When I did
that the lockups seemed to have stopped. I'm still not completely sold
that the native drivers were the problem but I haven't been be able to
make it fail.
Having said that, I now expect a lock up momentarily.
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