On 29-Aug-2000 Greg Strockbine. wrote: > I moved to Linux to get away from the > unstability of windoze, but I get an > awful lot of apps crashing with Linux. > The operating system itself seems stable, > but not the apps. > > I'm running stormix hail, based on the latest > Debian potato release. > > the crashes: > - gnome desktop totally locked up on me once. > No idea how to get out of it except to reboot machine. > ouch! Too much like win98.
This has happened to me only once with Gnome, but lots with KDE. What I do is telnet (or ssh) to the locked up machine from another machine, and issue a reboot command (or telinit 1) that way. It is better than hitting the reboot button on the machine that is locked up. Are you running Woody or Potato? I am staying away from most of Woody for a few months to a year, until it is stable. -- Andrew
