Le 4 nov. 2011 à 20:51, Magnus Therning a écrit : > On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 12:08:31PM +0200, Max wrote: >> Dear arch users and developers, >> >> I have posted this issue also in the archlinux forum [1]. I didn't get >> much feedback there. So I'm hoping some people here might have an idea >> of how to resolve the problem. >> >> Problem: >> gnome shell freezes from time to time (actually daily). >> >> Freezing: >> "Freezing" means, the screen becomes unresponsive but everything seems >> to continue working (sound and videos continue playing; even the mouse >> pointer can still be moved). Most of the time I'm able to switch to a >> virtual console although sometimes it takes 10-20 seconds after >> CTRL+ALT+F1 to show up. Then, however, everything is running smoothly. >> It's not possible to restart X since it will freeze again at the gdm >> login screen, or even without using gdm when loading the desktop. >> >> What triggers the problem: >> Usually it happens while scrolling on websites or pdfs. I feel like it >> happens more often if there are large images. >> >> Hardware: >> IBM T60 >> ATI X1400 >> >> I think it's an issue with the open source radeon drivers. However, this >> problem doesn't occur using other desktop environments. I tried to look >> into some log files but I couldn't find noticeable error messages. > > This happens to me fairly rarely, but still often enough to be > irritating. > > For me it has only ever happened when I use the logo key to jump into > the Activities Overview and start typing to search for an application. > The only way out of it seems to be to jump out to a console and kill > gnome-session or restart gdm. > Send SIGHUP to gnome-shell will save you from losing your session. pkill -HUP gnome-shell > /M > > -- > Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 > email: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx jabber: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx > twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus > > Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with > millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural > integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. > -- Alan Kay
