From: Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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.
I actually managed one at work the other day. I still blame X at least partially. I kicked the mouse cord out and lost all IO from the keyboard and mouse (even after replugging). Unfortunately it wouldn't respond to ssh either. I was forced to hard reboot.
Gabe
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