skinky, I'm using 4.10 with 3D support. Monitor is a generic SVGA 1024x768. Would X take out the keyboard? I lose my shared internet connection, doesn't that imply the kernel has gone?
Richard skinky, Saturday 16 February 2002 7:25 pm: > On Saturday 16 February 2002 21:14, RichardA wrote: > > I've got a homebuilt Celeron 300 with 128 MB. It has run windows reliably > > for a couple of years (well, reliably for windows). > > > > Now I have MDK 8.1 on it, all will seem well until I play an avi, mpg or > > mp3. and then it will lock up - taking the keyboard with it. Running a > > couple or four programs at once seems to lock it up too. > > > > If I leave it running untouched for a few days (I proxy my laptop through > > it), it's fine when I turn the monitor back on. > > > > Once this has happened, I have to reset it, and it will often lock at > > "loading the window manager" or just after the splash screen goes - this > > could be a corrupted file in ~/.kde, and might not even be a part of my > > real problem (and it can happen in Gnome too). > > > > I know this is vague, and I don't expect a fix, but where should I start? > > I haven't found anything in the logs, but then it freezes in an instant, > > so it presumably has no time to write an error message. > > > > I hope someone can give me an idea where to start with this. > > > > Richard > > =======(later)======= > > It just happened again. > > > > I had gkrellm, menudrake a terminal and a konqueror folder open in KDE - > > surely that's not too much. > > > > Menudrake was saving, I went to move the folder view and my desktop > > turned into a still-life. > > > > I rebooted twice after that, and it locked as it showed the desktop, > > until I went in as root and back out again. If I turn off the monitor > > now, it will run for days, but I'd like to use it. > > > > Don't let me be the only person ever to go back to windows for the > > improved reliability! > > > > Richard > > It sounds like it has something to do with X. What version of XFree are > you using - 3.3.6? 4.10? > > It might pay to backup /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 files > then log out of X and run XFdrake to choose a different setting for screen > resolution, monitor type or driver. You may need to try several different > combinations before you get it right. > > If that doesn't work, get back to the list. > > skinky
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