On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 19:56, Andrew Berry wrote: > I am running: > > Mandrake 8.2, KDE3, IceWM, XFree86 4.2.0. > > Hardware: > P166 MMX > 64 Mb Ram > 120 Mb Swap > S3 Virge 2D card > Monster3D Voodoo1 3D card > Dual boot with Windows 98se using graphical LILO. > > My computer seems to randomly freeze up. It stops responding to > everything (mouse, keyboard, CTRL+ALT+BKSPC). This only happens > when I am running X11. I haven't found a pattern that shows a > specific app causing the freeze. I have had combinations of > IceWM, KDE2.2 and 3, having combinations of StarOffice5.2, > Konquoror, FreeAmp, and Ogg123, open when a crash occurs. I > don't think that its a hardware issue, as this never happens > under Win98SE, and HardDrake properly detected all my hardware. > I have tried looking in some log files in /var/log to find a > pattern. No luck. > > My questions: > 1. Is there a systematic way to detemine what is causing the > crashes? > 2. What specific log files should I look at? > 3. Anyone else had this problem? Fixes?
I had this problem with mdk8.2 on my Micron Transport GX+ laptop. I finally fixed it by using XFree86 3.x instead of 4.x. I used the versions of Xfree86 that were on the Mandrake 8.2 install cd's. -Mark > > Thanks, > > Andrew > > ________________________________________________ > Get your own "800" number > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Mark Belanger LTX Corporation
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