Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 18:29:16 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Fredrik Carlen <fredrik.carlen@telia.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Computer running FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE freezes completely Message-ID: <19990821182915.Z14964@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <99082110062600.00285@entityone.leonissystems.com>; from Fredrik Carlen on Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 09:42:35AM %2B0200 References: <19990821130327.Q14964@freebie.lemis.com> <99082110062600.00285@entityone.leonissystems.com>
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On Saturday, 21 August 1999 at 9:42:35 +0200, Fredrik Carlen wrote: > >> What do you mean by "install"? > > Well, since I'm not proficient in the techno-lingo, I said > "install", but what I mean is i ran /stand/sysinstall and chose the > compat22 option to have support for "the old object format" to be > able to run Netscape... OK. >> I'd guess that this is some kind of hardware problem, but that doesn't >> help you much. The fact that the mouse cursor disappears suggests >> that it's related to X. A couple of things to try: >> >> 1. When it happens next, try changing virtual terminals to, say, >> ttyv1. You do this by pressing ctrl-alt-F2. If this works, it's >> not the system freezing, it's X. You can log in and shoot X >> down. Look for the process called Xwrapper. > > Thanks, man I know, I have your book ;-) > Like I said, its impossible to get the computer to respond to *any* form of > input, including ctrl-alt-F2. OK. >> 2. If that doesn't help, switch to ttyv1 *before* it freezes. >> Leave it overnight or longer to see if it still freezes. You haven't commented on this one. >> 3. If you still have no joy, let's hear more about the X >> configuration. Are you using some exotic window mangler? > > Nope, no fancy stuff there: it's KDE. That's fancy stuff, or at least we've seen bugs in the past. Try using a different window manager for a while and see if it still happens. > Thanks for the support: it feels good to know I'm not alone in my > own personal hell! You're welcome Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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