Just a follow-up comment: This is definitely gnome-related and not either X or ppracer.
Using the fluxbox window manager, running ppracer does not freeze the system. Attempting to run ppracer in gnome freezes the system totally, and even attempting to kill X from an ssh login to the machine fails - only a hard reset will stop the madness, and ctrl-alt-F1, F2 etc do not respond when this happens in Gnome To conclude: the problem appears to be in Gnome's detection of refresh rates, or something of the kind. Since ppracer is , shall we say, popular... ;-) , and an Nvidia FX 5500 is hardly unusual, perhaps this bug should be raised in importance, assuming that it is reproducible. -- [feisty] gnome-display-properties reports incorrect refresh rate ? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104105 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
