On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Norvell Spearman wrote: > After using LM7.1 for quite a while with no problems, I upgraded to > 7.2. After reading some docs, I setup XFree86-3.3.6 with hardware > acceleration for my ATI Expert@Play video card. Everything seemed to be > working smoothly until. . . > > I had just told my wife how we need to totally take off windows from the > computer. My kid was complaining about windows totally locking up on > her yet again. So I tell my wife, ``Now, see, that's one example right > there. Linux just doesn't lock up like windows.'' So, about five > minutes later, I look over at the computer and notice nothing on the > monitor (it has a green light; I always disable dpms), mouse & keybd > don't respond. The last thing I had done was let xlockmore run in > random screensaver mode. I had to reboot the computer to bring it back. > > So, to make a long story even longer, I'm thinking one of the OpenGL > screensavers somehow caused my PC to lock up. Has anyone heard of such > a problem with Mesa, XFree86-3.3.6's accel for Mach64, or xlockmore's > OpenGL goodies? I have seen a problem with one of KDE 2.0's OpenGL > screensavers (space, I believe), but only X had to be restarted so I > assumed that's not related to this other problem. Because of a few > other slight problems with 7.2, I've been thinking about returning to > 7.1 and I'd like to have hardware accel for my video card---unless > that's the root of the lockup I had with 7.2. > > Thanks very much for any help with this. > > ---Norvell Spearman > > Several months ago running combo of LM7.1/cooker I too had a very nasty xlockmore experience. Due to becoming over-ambitious with my settings a complete system- wide lock up was the result . It was eventually traced to an xlockmore prob through log files. I have since attempted to not have it running on any of my machines EVER. Now this is my inexperience speaking but since then That paticular problem has never happened again . However I still encounter xscreensaver and X problems in general when I become overly zealous with my settings with the little understanding I might have. xlockmore "Locked More" than I bargained for! :) MY 2 cents William Bouterse Talkeetna Alaska
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