Thanks. Removing the xscreensaver-gl package seems to have fixed the problem.
On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:00:38AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 08:52:00PM -0500, Michael Olson wrote: > > Package: xserver-xfree86 > > Version: 4.3.0-7 > > Severity: important > > > > Sometimes when the computer [Dell Inspiron i1100 laptop, i830M > > graphics card] is left unattended for a few hours, X crashes or locks > > up. This is not heat-related, like some laptop crashes, so it's > > probably some sort of bug. I've attached the /var/log/XFree86.0.log > > file from the time of the crash to this message. > > > > When the crash occurs, the screen is frozen with the display from > > XScreensaver, which is always running at the time of the crash. > > Yes. A high percentage of all server crash reports we receive happen > when xscreensaver is running. > > Especially when the OpenGL screenhacks are used. > > > When I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get back to a terminal, the screen is > > split into two, and the text is green and smaller than usual. > > This is probably because the graphics engine is in a bad state and the > the driver-specific LeaveVT() logic doesn't succeed in unscrewing it. > > All I can suggest as a workaround is to configure xscreensaver to not > use the screenhacks that seem to cause trouble. > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | It is the responsibility of > Debian GNU/Linux | intellectuals to tell the truth and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | expose lies. > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Noam Chomsky