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Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> 1) Yes, it's REALLY locked up. But there's always enough CPU |
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> left for a non-X login from another machine. |
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This kind of lockup is usually an error in the video driver, |
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forgetting to drop a software lock after some operation and then on |
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the next operation waiting endlessly for the lock to be dropped. |
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Or it gave the video chip a wrong command that never ends, while |
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holding a software lock. In this latter case restarting X probably |
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won't help, as the video chip is deaf. |
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> 2) I have no clue how to find out what's causing the lockup. |
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> I'd love to, because I usually lose a bunch of work in the crash. |
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Check your video driver and see if there's a newer version |
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available. |
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Benno |
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