On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:37 PM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/02/2012 04:00 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: >> >> It's like there is some very bad race condition created in X when using gtk >> apps with the nvidia driver? Are you running ntpd ? Could be related to: http://serverfault.com/questions/403732/anyone-else-experiencing-high-rates-of-linux-server-crashes-during-a-leap-second Try stopping the ntpd and setting the date manually as suggested. Then start ntpd again. I had this problem on a Java application (activeMQ) But it could be irrelevant also.. -- Caution: breathing may be hazardous to your health. #include <stdio.h> int main(){printf("%s","\x4c\x65\x6f\x6e\x69\x64\x61\x73");}