Re: mouse and keyboard lockup w/ RedHat 8.0

2003-01-29 Thread Larry Cook
Bayard R. Coolidge wrote: 1.) Logs: do either a 'dmesg | more' or use your favorite text editor in read-only mode on /var/log/messages. I don't see any indications of a problem. 2.) ... adjust /etc/inittab to come up to just level 3 and not 5. Done. 3.) ... what kernel you're running, and

mouse and keyboard lockup w/ RedHat 8.0

2003-01-28 Thread Larry Cook
I could use some pointers on diagnosing an intermittent lockup problem I am having with RedHat 8.0. I originally thought it was caused by the umax-pp backend I am using with XSane, but the last two times my scanner was never powered on. The last time it happened it finally occurred to me that

Re: mouse and keyboard lockup w/ RedHat 8.0

2003-01-28 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Larry Cook wrote: =I could use some pointers on diagnosing an intermittent lockup problem I am =having with RedHat 8.0. I originally thought it was caused by the umax-pp =backend I am using with XSane, but the last two times my scanner was never =powered on. The last

Re: mouse and keyboard lockup w/ RedHat 8.0

2003-01-28 Thread Bayard R. Coolidge
Larry said: 1) What logs should I check for errors? 2) What is the best way to restart XFree86? 3) Any processes or kernel stuff I should check? 4) Or anything else that would help me narrow down the cause? I'll have to keep my remarks fairly general, because Larry's running Red Hat 8.0,

Re: mouse and keyboard lockup w/ RedHat 8.0

2003-01-28 Thread Patrick J. O'Rourke
I could use some pointers on diagnosing an intermittent lockup problem I am having with RedHat 8.0. I originally thought it was caused by the umax-pp backend I am using with XSane, but the last two times my scanner was never powered on. The last time it happened it finally occurred to me

Re: mouse and keyboard lockup w/ RedHat 8.0

2003-01-28 Thread Bayard R. Coolidge
Following up on my other remarks about /etc/inittab, here's what it looks like on my SuSE 7.3 system that comes up in Character Cell mode: fireworks:/usr/src # more /etc/inittab # # /etc/inittab # # Copyright (c) 1996 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany. All rights reserved. # # Author: Florian La