On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 08:24:21PM +0800, Ling Alexander wrote > hi, > I have this problem with X. I am running both Potato and Slink on > different machines but they both have this problem with X (and a lot of > times when this happens, I happen to be running Netscape). > > The problem is that the X server will hang. When it hangs, the > keyboard also dies and so I cannot switch consoles to kill the X server. > I have to telnet in from another machine. > > When I telnet in from another machine, I always check see that > all the background jobs are running fine. The only problem is that my > previous login (the one that hung) is no longer listed under ps and top, > so I do not know how to kill and restart the X-server. I end up having to > reboot the machine. > > I tried using textmode to restore the X-server but it caused the > entire machine to hang instead and so I have to reboot anyway. > > Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this problem? > > Some background on my machines: > 1. Both are running 2.2.x kernels > 2. The slink graphics card is a S3Trio64V+, the potato is using a > Banshee. >
What xserver are you using? I had problems with xserver-s3 (?) freezing during server resets with a card (Diamond Stealth) that was also supported by xserver-svga, and changing to the SVGA server fixed the problems for me. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
