On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:29:46 -0400 Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr Mike wrote: > > A while back I was running a pure sarge system with several upgrades from > > the sid branch.. At some point my X Server began to 'restart' on it's own > > for no real apparent rhyme or reason. ie, the action that triggered the > > restart one session could not always be duplicated in another one... > > Simple things like clinking the 'x' to close the window or clicking the > > background to bring up a menu. Like I said, really random and > > unpredictable. I've looked in xsession error log, syslog, messages, etc.. > > and NOT a damn thing... it's as if some invisible soul is lurking over my > > shoulder and pressing ctl+alt+bkspace every now and then just to piss me > > off... One good thing to come of this is I've learned to save my work much > > more frequently... > > > > Anyway... I'm now running a mixed ubuntu/sarge (mostly sarge) box and the > > issue remains although not as bad as in the past. Is there some way I can > > figure out what in the world is causing this so I can formulate a > > resolution? Or, is there something else I should look at, like hardware > > problems? > > > > TIA.. > > mike.. > > houston, tx > > > > > > You don't give any information about your system, so it's highly > unlikely that anyone will be able to troubleshoot for you. In lieu > of waiting for specific questions, some commands that may give useful > output are: > > lspci > dpkg -l |grep xfree > cat /etc/X11/XFConfig-4 > uname -a > zcat /proc/config.gz > > (Edit the information as appropriate and according to your knowledge > of the usefulness of the data. I think more is better but list > conventions vary regarding large postings. You might check the FAQ > for protocol for posting large files or attachments.) > > Actually I had no idea what would be relevant and absolutely no idea where to even start.. Thanks for the help... I'll look into these and see if there's anything noteworthy..
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