Ditto for my father: completely stock + Ximian + all updates. Asus K7M - AMD-751 Chipset AMD Athlon 500 (slot) Matrox Marvel G400
I'm inclined to think it is something to do with some specific hardware configurations. There are obviously more people out there using RH 7.2 happily than there are experiencing these hard lockups. Although RH 7.2 seems to be one common denominator, it can't be the only one. At this point this is off topic - anyone know what RedHat list is the most appropriate? On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 14:35, Luis Villa wrote: > Completely stock 7.2 + Ximian GNOME + RH updates. Kernel is > kernel-2.4.9-13, again from RH. Has locked up at least once a day I > bought the machine and installed 7.2. > Luis > > On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 14:35, Jason A. Pfeil wrote: > > Please provide additional information about your setups. Kernel version > > (is it stock RH72?), any additional configs/packages you have installed > > besides Ximian GNOME and the stock RH72 system. > > > > Thanks! > > > > --Jason > > > > On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 14:17, Luis Villa wrote: > > > I'm inclined to blame it on RH 7.2 itself; I've seen the same random > > > lockups all the time since I installed RH 7.2, and that sadly includes > > > times I'm sitting on console in bash with no X running. Literally doing > > > nothing but trying to tab-complete. So... I've got no clue, but because > > > I've seen it happen more than a couple time while on console without X > > > running, I really can't blame it on gnome or any packages thereof. > > > Luis > > > > > > On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 14:16, Rick Ziegler wrote: > > > > My father also experiences frequent lockups with RH 7.2, though he isn't > > > > always using Galeon at the time. > > > > > > > > Another RH 7.2 user blamed the same lockup on Evolution on the evolution > > > > mailing list within the last week or two. > > > > > > > > I'm inclined to believe there is something screwy with RH 7.2 and (all > > > > of) your hardware configuration(s), or maybe the Ximian packages on > > > > which Galeon and Evolution are built. (Provided you are using Ximian > > > > gnome). > > > > > > > > Perhaps more detailed system information could help track this problem > > > > down. > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 14:00, Victor Putz wrote: > > > > > > > > > > First: I absolutely love Galeon; I had been wanting a "minimal browser" > > > > > for years, and have been so pleased with Galeon that I haven't used > > > > > anything else sense insalling it. > > > > > > > > > > Second: I like it so much that I am still using it even though it is the > > > > > ONLY application I have ever found which will bring my Linux system to its > > > > > knees and require a reboot. > > > > > > > > > > ...and that's not so good. > > > > > > > > > > Quite regularly, when browsing with Galeon, my system will simply freeze > > > > > and become completely unresponsive; no mouse movement, no keyboard motion. > > > > > It will ignore attempts to switch to different TTY console windows, will > > > > > shrug aside control-alt-delete, and even disregards attempts to telnet > > > > > from my wife's computer in the next room (even with X and the console > > > > > completely frozen, I've almost always been able to telnet in from next > > > > > door and shut down properly). > > > > > > > > > > The only thing which recovers the system is the hardware reset button or a > > > > > power-down. Luckily I'm running RH7.2 with ext3fs, so a reboot isn't very > > > > > traumatic, but it disturbs me quite a bit. > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas on what the problem could be? I'm using the Galeon 1.0.1 rpm > > > > > for RHL, the mozilla 0.9.6 packages, and the prebuilt 2.4.9-13 kernel rpm. > > > > > The system is quite solid otherwise and I can leave it running for days > > > > > until I surf the web. Galeon options have Java/Flash off, Javascript > > > > > disabled, popups off. > > > > > > > > > > Poor testing here, though--I have not spent much time trying to surf with > > > > > Mozilla only to see if the problem lays there. > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be, well... helpful. > > > > > > > > > > -->VPutz > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Galeon-user mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/galeon-user > > > > -- > > > > Richard Ziegler > > > > Release Engineer / ClearCase Administrator > > > > (617) 503-0442 > > > > CertCo, Inc. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Galeon-user mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/galeon-user > > > > > -- > > Jason A. Pfeil The AIMS Group > > Senior Open Systems Engineer (http://www.theaimsgroup.com) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (904)220-DOCS or 1-800-993-DOCS > > -- Richard Ziegler Release Engineer / ClearCase Administrator (617) 503-0442 CertCo, Inc. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
