Thanks Erik,
I set the screen saver to blank and had the same problem, however I
ran apt-get update and it fixed it. No idea what package caused it but
apparently it is resolved.
jeff
On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 01:40 +0000, Erik Meitner wrote:
> Which screen saver is the machine configured to use? Some of them are VERY
> processor intensive, and with a slow CPU and no GPU the system will be brough
> to its knees. I think if you waited, maybe a long time, it would come back.
> And it is not really a system crash if you can kill X windows and get back
> to the login.
> Try setting it to just "blank screen" and see if it does not make the machine
> unusable.
> Obviously, there should be some way for a screensaver to "know" when it is
> not able to run on a machine.
>
>
> ** Changed in: portmap (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: portmap => gnome-screensaver
>
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System Crash when screensaver starts
https://launchpad.net/bugs/64621
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