This sounds like bug 5501: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5501
That seems to be caused by X getting confused. (perhaps it's related to a qt bug?) lyx seems to operate normally (no cpu thrashing), but as you say there is nothing being written to the window. Cameron. Stefano Franchi wrote: > On Sunday 01 February 2009 14:49:30 rgheck wrote: >> Stefano Franchi wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have been experiencing some serious problems with LyX lately, after my >>> upgrade to 1.6.x. This is what happens: >>> >>> 1. I am happily typing away when suddenly there is no ouptu on the screen >>> any longer. >>> 2. However, LyX is not completely crashed. I can still issue control >>> commands. In particular, I can save my work with Ctrl-S, and quit with >>> Ctrl-Q. 3. The interface, however, is completely unresponsive: the >>> various panes are not updated, scrolling does not work, etc. As expected, >>> if I change to a different workspace and come back, Lyx's windows is not >>> refreshed and becomes blank. >>> >>> >>> As I said, the behavior is not *that* annoying, since no work gets lost. >>> However, it seems rather serious and happens repeatedly. I have >>> experienced it intermittently for several weeks now---a few times a week >>> on average. But I cannot reproduce it consistently. Is this a known bug? >>> If not, anby suggestion on what I could do in order to pin it down? >>> >>> I am on Linux/Kubuntu (Kde 4.2), running LyX 1.6.1 >> I have not seen or heard of this bug. You should probably bugzilla it so >> it will get people's attention. >> >> One thing you might do is check `top' when this happens. Is LyX eating CPU? >> >> Do you have the TOC open? Other panes? If so, see if you still get this >> with them closed. Otherwise, no very good ideas. >> >> rh > > Hi Richard, > > I hadn't thought of checking top---'i'll do it next time it happens. All I > can > say it's not stuck on the disk- and the rest of the system does not seem to > be > affected. > > And yes, I do have the TOC list open---I always keep it open when I write. > No > other panes are open. > > I'll file a provisional bug report on bugzilla in the meanwhile. > > Cheers, > > s. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Stefano Franchi > Department of Philosophy Ph: (979) 862-2211 > Texas A&M University Fax: (979) 845-0458 > 305B Bolton Hall [email protected] > College Station, TX 77843-4237 > >
