> Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 18:28:13 +0000 (GMT) > From: Mukhben Singh <mukhbens@blueyonder.co.uk> > To: newbie@xfree86.org > Subject: Re: X locks up the complete system > Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org > > HI, > Although I yet have to try all the suggestions but I doubt that > the hardware might be at fault. I don't have a separate AGP card. Its > onboard. Moreover my system works perfectly fine in Win 98. Very very less > crashes compared to the reputaion of win98. > Anyway I wd try to run X with open case and see if anything gets hot. Can > it be due to HDD settings? I mean do I need to check the settings with > hdparm and see whether they are in compliance with the recommended ones. > I occasionally get these Spurious interrupt IRQ 7 messages. I don't know > what it means. > Regards, > Mukhben. Have you tried logging in remotely (e.g., ssh) when this happens? I've had similar experiences (though on X 4.2.0 and with different hardware) with X seeming to lock up the system completely -- no keyboard or mouse response at all; however, in almost all cases I can ssh in and shut the system down cleanly (incidentally, when this happened, X would be using 99% of cpu cycles, and could not be killed). So if you have your machine on a network with at least one other machine, I would recommend installing and running the ssh server if you're not doing so already. If you can ssh in after an X crash and X is churning away at the CPU, I would recommend trying to downgrade to an earlier version of X (especially if you had stable performance of X in a previous distribution). My experience was with ATI hardware, X 4.2.0, and GTK apps, and downgrading to 4.1.x fixed the problem. YMMV since you're dealing with different hardware and software, but I thought I'd throw it out there in case it helps. Good luck, Matt _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
