Re: [Eug-lug] something next thursday ?

2007-01-09 Thread Ben Barrett
I'm sorry, I did not mean a "presentation" :) The Thursday meetings are specifically less formal, and we try to schedule official-ish presentations for Saturdays. I mean maybe we could ask you about what you've done, with of course zero preparation it could be fun and easy for all. I'm interest

Re: [Eug-lug] Random freezes

2007-01-09 Thread Ben Barrett
sysrq+++! Don't miss this tip! :) Ben On 1/9/07, Devin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ... Some kernels are configured with CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ which allows you to take control of a bad situation: http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/sysrq.tx

RE: [Eug-lug] Random freezes

2007-01-09 Thread Jason LaPier
Another quick indicator for me is to hit the num lock key and see if the light goes on or off - if the whole machine is locked, the light will be stuck. If it's not stuck, you should be able to hit ctrl-alt-backspace to restart X. I don't think that's a distribution specific or WM-specific key-comb

Re: [Eug-lug] Random freezes

2007-01-09 Thread Michael Miller
What changes have you made in the last 72 hours? -Miller On 1/9/07, Devin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Kelly wrote: > Hey all, > > I have just had my computer freeze twice within 10 minutes or so. > Activities: xorg, XMMS, firefox, apache serv

Re: [Eug-lug] Random freezes

2007-01-09 Thread Allen Brown
If you can no longer ssh in from another computer then it is probably total lockup. Otherwise it isn't clear. Generally I've had X lockups caused by netscape or mozilla. Kill that app and everything clears up. Mozilla is better than netscape, but it still causes problems. -- Allen Brown [EMAIL

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2007-01-09 Thread Bob Miller
FYI. - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:41:35 + Subject: [sao] Corvallis Video Gaming SIG To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Authenticated-Sender: Ymx3ZWxkb25AY29tY2FzdC5uZXQ= This email is to announce the formati

Re: [Eug-lug] something next thursday ?

2007-01-09 Thread nicolas vigier
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007, Ben Barrett wrote: > It is a lot closer than Paris though! > > Nicolas, would you like to give a presentation? > I can see from your CV that you have some excellent experience... :) That's a good idea, but actually I don't really know what I could talk about, and I'm too shy

Re: [Eug-lug] Random freezes

2007-01-09 Thread Devin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Kelly wrote: > Hey all, > > I have just had my computer freeze twice within 10 minutes or so. > Activities: xorg, XMMS, firefox, apache serving a 60MB or so download. > Both times, the freeze happened when the person downloading from me was > a