On Tue, 14 May 2002 21:29:07 -0400 Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 14 May 2002 21:47:37 +0200 > Michel D�nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 01:01, Neal wrote: > > > I downloaded RedHat's new 7.3 release and installed clean on my desktop. > > > XFce, Galeon, sylpheed-claws, Xchat and Pan all worked as expected. > > > > > > I was doing some file system exploring with Xftree when X locked up. The mouse >pointer would move normally, but no response from the keyboard and no window focus. >I restarted the box and repeated the sequence using Xftree. Sure enough it locked >again and again. Thankfully, ext3 recovered each time. I started Gnome and found >that I could repeat the problem. KDE also did the same thing. > > > > > > My video card is an ATI Rage 128 R with 32M of memory. It has never given me a >problem with earlier versions of X. > > > > > > Normally, I set the color depth to 16-bit, and that was where I had it set >during the lock-ups. > > > > > > The problem disappears when I re-set the color depth to 24-bit! > > > > Maybe that's not the actual problem, but e.g. DRI is enabled in depth 16 > > but not 24? Can you investigate or provide us with more information? > > > Michel, > Thank you for the reply. I replaced the RH kernel with a kernel built from >kernel.org. I have tried repeatedly to freeze the screen but have not been able to >freeze the screen since. >
Update: No screen lock-ups since building new kernel two days ago!! I have switched between 8-but, 16-bit and 24-bit and the machine is rock solid while doing the things that caused it to freeze with Red Hat's kernel. -- Neal Registered Linux User #159445 running RedHat 7.3 kernel 2.4.18/ext3 and XFce, Athlon800 Desktop kernel 2.4.18/ext3 and XFce, Toshiba Laptop 2140XCDS
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