Kinda offtopic suggestion, but rebuild your kernel with the "magic SysReq" key option, then Alt-SysRq-K will kill all prorams on the current VC. Running xscreensaver in the gdb debugger will let you find out where it crashed and what might have caused the crash.
Try this: 1. Use "apt-get source xscreensaver" to download the xscreensaver source. You'll also need the lesstif dev package. 2. Rebuilt xscreensaver with debugging info Adding 'export CFLAGS=-g' right above the first ./configure line in debian/rules should work. should work. 3. Startx and switch to another virtual console. Log in as the user that started the x server, and type "export DISPLAY=:1". Then start xscreensaver with "gdb xscreensaver". 4. Type "run args", where args are the command line arguments to xscreensaver. Wait until it crashes, then use the SysRq combo to kill the xserver. Go back to the gdb console and type 'where'. That will tell you where it crashed. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org