On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Paul Millar wrote: PM> On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Robert Lazzurs wrote: PM> > Hmm, I seem to have a major show stopping one. PM> PM> Which card do you have?
TNT2 PM> > Something seems to randomly hang the system (and I mean a full hang, PM> > nothing responds, not even SysRq) when switching from x to the console. PM> PM> Those are a real (expletive) -- esp. fscking the whole disk :^( Is PM> the problem repeatable? If the machine's networked, can you ping PM> the dead machine? Erm, happly I am using reiserfs so things are not too bad on that front. As for repeating it, I can not figure out why it happens. As for ping it, I have never tried, erm, maybe, but everything else stops, eg, I was printing and then the printer stopped when it happened. (you just have to love linux, it started printing again when it rebooted :)) PM> > Anyone else here experienced that? PM> PM> Not completely the same, but I have had weird corruption when PM> changing from X to console on a different platform (Alpha) and PM> different Gfx cards (a GLINT/Permedia thing). PM> PM> BTW, are you running a framebuffer on the VTs? No, no framebuffer. Take care - RL -- MSN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |"All that is etched in stone Yahoo:admroblaz AIM:admroblaz |is truly only scribbled in ICQ:66324927 |sand" - RL Jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Join Eff http://www.eff.org e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]|Take care all - Rob Laz -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
