On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 21:07 +0300, Eddy Petrişor wrote: > > I have observed recently that I am experiencing random lock-ups of the > X and (I think) of the keyboard. > > The problems, AFAIR - but not 100% sure, appeared before migrating to > modular X, but since then (some hours ago), I didn't had any X session > without lockup. > > What do I mean by lock-up? > - Sometimes the mouse is still moving, but no clicks are accepted. > - Also the keyboard seems to be dead, or the system does not respond > to any keyboard input. > - The current image is frozen and switching to other consoles does not work. > - happened only in X > - background processes are working (laptop-net beeps on removal of > cable and recoupling) > - I can login by ssh; top reports Xorg consuming 80% - 90% CPU > - the system is responsive from the ssh login
These are classical symptoms of a graphics card lockup. Does it also happen with the DRI disabled and/or with AGP 1x? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
