I keep having a problem where the OS becomes inaccessable after running in X for a while. I haven't noticed a time pattern yet but it doesn't take long sometimes.
Today I started from an OFF machine, booted up, started X did a few things A few minutes later I attempted to login via ssh from a remote laptop down stairs. The os is inaccessable via ssh, or port 25 (its also a mailhup for home lan). Went back to the actual machine and it is inaccessable from console as well. It's happened repeatedly now for a week or two, but I've been busy with other stuff, and if I need it running I've just left it in console mode. The problem apparently does not occur in console mode. I see no problem when starting X and I see nothing in /var/log/messages that gives a clue about what is happening. I'm running fairly up to date Desktop profile on kernel: (uname -a) Linux reader 2.6.31-gentoo-r4_rdr-5 #6 SMP Wed Nov 4 09:19:17 CST 2009 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 3.06GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux I'm not sure how to track down the problem since I'm not seeing any give away clues in /var/log/messages So far, once the lockup has happened it appears there is no way in other than the reboot switch.
