On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:10:06 -0500 Paul Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joel, I have just recently been getting the same problem. First I thought it > was my processors, then I thought it was XF4, then I thought it was > enlightenment. It just locks my screen with everything frozen except the > mouse, which moves around fine. Maybe this isn't a hardware problem like I > initially thought :) > > --Paul > > * Joel St?bis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I have a very stange problem with xf 4.0.x. Now and then X seems to crash in > > some strange way. The screen stops updating, the keyboard doesn't work, the > > only thing I can do is to hit the power-button and reboot. > > > > This has happend with all versions of xf 4.0.x, under both redhat 6.2/7.0, > > slackware 7.1 and debian (woody). > > > > It always happend when draging the mouse around holding one button pressed > > down, in all types of programs (netscape, gqview, the windowmanager etc). > > > > I first thought that it was a problem with the windowmanager I user > > (enlightenment), but it also happends in windowmaker and fvwm2. > > > > I have no clue why this is happening, I hope someone out there has. Also I had these problemes, with a cheapo videocard. The one I have with 4.5 times the price of the other now wasn't really cheapo (specially down here), and problems are gone. So my guess would be that X loves video RAM and/or kind of something fast doing the job. -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
