I had my computer freeze up when switching from a virtual term back to X a long time ago. I couldn't do anything. My problem was what I believe was the video card. When I changed the video card the problem went away. I had my Dorio attached to my computer and was able to log on and kill X. It froze the keyboard so I couldn't get into a virtual terminal so that's why the Dorio came in handy. If your on a network try SSH to log into your box. If you don't have it on a network then there's the switch. Try doing a google search of XMMS and freezing.
Tim On Saturday 12 January 2002 08:55, you wrote: > so, how many geeks are out there this morning coding or trying to get > FlightGear working? > > i thought so... > > i am having a problem with my system whereby i will come back to my > computer after a time and it will be hard locked. i can't even crash X, > it's that bad. symptoms occur most often when XMMS is left on, and > sometimes when i have it shut off (leads me to believe that it isn't > neccesarily a software problem...) symptoms started when i after i > reinstalled the system with a new video card and sound card (so it could > be either, or the hard drives...) > > i was wondering if i need to use any special tools to look at kernel and > X logs. i want to see if anything is immediately apparent. > > thanks!
