From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 15 20:23:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA02427 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 20:23:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 3rivers3.3rivers.net (3rivers3.3rivers.net [206.107.232.32]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA02421 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 20:23:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ron@localhost) by 3rivers3.3rivers.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) id VAA00279; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 21:21:05 -0600 (MDT) From: Ron Warnick Message-Id: <199604160321.VAA00279@3rivers3.3rivers.net> Subject: Re: screen lock up problem (2.1-stable) To: tony@odin.sunquest.com Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 21:21:05 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604152222.PAA03136@ermintrude.sunquest.com> from Tony Jones at "Apr 15, 96 03:22:14 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I came into work this morning and the display on my FreeBSD system [S3-801/805, > DEC 486/66] was totally locked up. > > Blank screen, switching to a virtual console just caused the system to 'beep'. > > I was able to get in via telnet, killing xdm/X didn't fix the problem. > > No indication of a problem in any log files, the only processes running on > the vty's were getty's which respawned fine when killed. xdm/X respawned fine > also. In the end I had to reboot. > > Last week I upgraded from 2.1-release to 2.1-stable-ctm71, which might be > a factor, though the system has been running flawlessly apart from this problem. > > Anyone seen similar, or have any idea what caused the problem ? > > tony > > This happens to me as well, after supping stable, on i586 ncr scsi, 16MB ram. Ron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron Warnick ron@3rivers.net linux -> FreeBSD -> Plan9