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SubjectRe: Locked Console/Display

Yes I had an almost identical problem, except that I could reproduce it,
by simply trying to install Star Office.
I fixed it by upgrading to a newer X-server. I don't know what xserver you
are running but I was running the S3 Virge server.

Cheers Mof.


On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Mark Henson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone on this list experienced a crashed X server locks up the Console
> and the Display? The machine underneath appears healthy, it does all its
> tasks fine. I would prefer not to reboot it unless have to. I have come
> across this problem a number of times over 3 years of running Linux.
>
> The symptoms are a frozen screen saver and a keyboard that does not respond
> at all. Even the scroll/caps lock lights do not respond. When I check the
> task list the Xserver and all the X apps have gone, the system is running
> RedHat 5.1 with 2.0.36 kernel. The machine is on an electronic
> VDU/Mouse/Keyboard Switch I don't think that this is the problem since other
> machines run on the same switch and they are fine.
>
> thanks in advance for you help
>
> If anyone is interested I am happy to get some info out of the machine if it
> will help isolate the problem. The machine has been up:
>
> 7:21pm up 115 days, 6:44, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.03, 0.00
>
> regards
>
> mark


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