On 9/14/07, Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A curious and rare (2 times since Etch became stable) X freeze or hang > has me wondering what to do. > > Problem: X ignores keyboard and mouse input, but shows cursor movement > and running apps update normally on-screen in visible windows (gkrellm, > gaim, etc). > > What happened: Viewing email message in icedove, right-click to save > image from the email, no response to mouse clicks, mouse wheel or > keyboard input, but mouse cursor movement appears normal. icedove > continues to fetch new mail on schedule. The identical symptoms > happened once before while composing in icedove. > > Ssh from another box to examine: Nothing unusual in /var/log. Kill the > icedove processes. Screen shows icedove closing, then switches to VT1 > apparently from a queued earlier attempt. Keyboard now accepts > ctrl-alt-F7 back to X, but again is frozen to all input in X! Just as > it was before killing icedove. > > >From ssh: Restarted gdm. All is normal. This last line in > /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old is the only thing I could find that looked > different: > FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" refcount is 2, should be > 1; fixing. > > Window manager is openbox. > > Has anyone experienced this behavior? Any ideas? (Next time I'll > remember to check .xsession-errors.) > > Thanks, > > Ralph Katz
I have experienced somewhat similar freezes in Unstable. The differences are that I am using SeaMonkey 2.0a1pre (Nightlies) for web browsing, I have never managed even a VT switch and I am using Fluxbox. Oh, and I don't use a session manager (GDM, etc). This has happened at least six times. I know the Font refcount thing is not related because it always says that when I exit X. With such a hard freeze, that happens so sporadically, I feel (as a non-programmer) helpless to try to figure it out. Sorry I can't help. Cheers, Kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
