On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:44:27 -0600, Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Once upon a time, Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > > > > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 10:11:47PM -0300, Alexandre Strube wrote: > > > Is this related with logging out from gnome and, when the gdm screen > > > should appear, the computer locks up hard? This is happening with latest > > > kernels. I don't know what to do anymore. > > > > We've spotted that happening for a while with the RHEL4 kernel. > > It's started happening since we switched off the 4g/4g patch for some > > reason. This one really needs solving before the current updates-testing > > kernel can be pushed as an update as it seems to affect quite a few > > people. > > Hmm, my father's computer does this (hard lock on GNOME logout) in FC2. > He can shut down or reboot, and X exits fine; he just can't log out (so > he has to reboot if he wants to log out and back in for some reason). I > haven't had a change to diagnose it (and I definately didn't think about > the kernel). > > > > -- > Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> > Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services > I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > I don't see this behaviour on any of my Athlon machines running via chipset motherboards. I do see it at work on a Dell Dimension 4550. My solution at work has been to use the SMP kernel. I worked on this by hand and found that the problem didn't happen if I had APIC enabled in the kernel. Not sure if this is the same problem, but it is definitely the same symptom.