On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:39:39PM -0700, Todd Walton wrote:
> On 5/18/05, Todd Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It would, however, be fixed (I'm almost 100%
> > certain) by restarting X.
> 
> Wouldn't it be nice if systems didn't need rebooting?
> 
> -todd
> 

<grin>

Close to 100% -- perhaps all -- of the Linux system lock ups I've
experienced (that weren't caused by a stupid compile on my part) have
been from X. Over 80% (seat of the pants stats, of course) of these were
resolvable by logging in over a network or serial port and killing X --
the kernel was cookin' along just fine.

When we say "Linux," we usually mean the whole conglomerate, so X is
part of it. But the kernel itself is close to bullet proof, which is
really nice for servers.

-- 
Lan Barnes                    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux Guy, SCM Specialist     858-354-0616


-- 
[email protected]
http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list

Reply via email to