Hello all, I wanted to post a followup:
The day I posted this information, I had already ran dselect and removed the version of 'xbase' and all its dependencies (xserver, xfnts, fvwm-common, etc) that I had installed via ftp.debian.org. After that, I went back and installed the versions I had on my Debian 1.3.1 MasterCD. Since then, I have remained logged in for the past 2 days without a lockup. I keep trying to kill the server or lockup XDM, by runing all the programs that I did before. The only thing that I have not done, is log-out and log-in several times. I have kept the same window manager, Afterstep. Hopefully these old packages solved my porblem, but I hate to think it might be a bug in the new Debian X packages. ...I will let you know if I find out differently! --Jay Barbee ---Original Message--- > Hello all, > > I am running a Debian 1.3.1 install with the basics for X. I use xdm > to login via WinNT/Exceed v5. I have used dftp up update all the X > based stuff from ftp.debian.org and I use afterstep as my window > manager. > > What I am having problems with is a lockup or hangup from XDM. If I > am running a X session, it is possible to hangup, and I cannot seem > to run anything. I cannot click on an XTERM button, or even run > xterm if I have a free window up. When I do run a new 'xterm &' from > an available window, after a certain time it tells me it cannot write > to the display. > > If I hit the "Restart Window Manager", nothing gets returned, but I > can still type in the xterm that are already open; xload, xmem > seem to update and working okay even in this state. But nothing new > can be opened. > > After all this, if I kill the Exceed session, and reopen. I see my > Linux box in the chooser (with correct load), I select the server, > but then it sits there. No login screen will ever be returned. > > I have killed XDM and restarted it. I killed inetd and restarted it. > but I cannot get any response out of XDM until I totally reboot the > server. Once it has rebooted, all is working again. I do not run X > on the console (Diamond Speedstar <grin>) so I am not sure if this is > a problem with an Xserver (I use the default server (VGA or SVGA > whatever it is)). > > Any ideas? Any thoughts? I have since gone back and reinstalled > some of the old DEB packages (xbase, fvwm-common, xserver, xfont) > from the Master CD v1.3.1, but have not had much time to test it. > It happends randomly. It also happends to a friend of mine with a > similar config. > > Thanks for your help, > --Jay Barbee > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
