[I'm just catching up on debian-user after not reading it for a week,
so apologies if I'm coming in a bit late.]
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> : On a brand new install, Debian 2.0, using install disks from 29 Mar98.
> : Machine has an S3 Trio 64/V+ ... I'm using the SVGA xserver, olvwm WM,
> : and xdm.
Can you try some variations: twm instead of olvwm, VGA16 server, just
startx?
> : However, after that things are screwed pretty good. No mouse pointer,
> : no keyboard ... ctrl-bkspc doesn't work, ctrl-alt-f[1-6] doesn't work
> : ... even numlock doesn't work! It seems to be locked up solid.
[snip]
> As long as the xdm login screen is up, all is well. However, once I
> reach this "locked up" state, the machine goes down hard ... I can't
> even ping it!
My suggestion would be to try telnetting in, but if it locks up that
hard your only recourse is to press Reset.
> Also, this thing has PII, 266 processor (2 of them, but no SMP kernel
> yet), and 320 MB RAM.
*Drool*
Could there be a hardware problem? The hwtools package includes a
memory tester, or you could run `make -j 4' on a kernel compile to
stress your machine.
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