On 8 Sep, To: Sydney Linux Users Group wrote: > Yes, I've had sufficient crashes in the last hour to confirm that. > The manual is correct - the virtual desktop depends on the maximum > resolution specified in the Modes line. > > BUT, shutting down the X server is not enough - you have to reboot for > the change to take effect. (!)
Nope, not so: I've just tried restarting the X server, and it took effect. Hmm. Maybe my wife was running an X session via ssh to her Windows machine, which meant that an X process was running and somehow holding some state info. > Incidentally, I'll be surprised if I get to finish this email. The > machine has been crashing within seconds of starting X. I've had about > 8 crashes in the last hour - again, one so bad I had to pull the power > cord to power off the machine. > > And it looks like restricting the desktop area to 1280x1024 made the > crashes far more frequent. Until I reset it to 1600x1200, the longest > it stayed up after starting X was about 10 seconds. And I think that reasoning is false, too. I've just changed it back to 1280x1024 and it hasn't crashed within 60 seconds, which is an excellent sign. Seems pretty clear I've got an intermittent hardware problem, and that I'm just fooling myself, seeing patterns where there aren't any. luke -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
