RE: X lockup

[Adam Getchell <AdamG hrrm ucdavis edu>]

Mouse is definitely plugged in. I can manipulate windows in X and close them
for about 5 seconds until it hangs up. I also can't ping the box after
lockup so it seems to be a seriously hard hang.

I've run Xconfigurator at the console to ensure that X is configured
correctly. I select "Generic Multisync" for the monitor type (it's an Apple
1705 Multisync) and it properly detects the video card as a vision 963 of
server type S3. I've used this card in another linux box before, where it
worked correctly, using the S3 drivers.

I'm  going to create a telnet-able account now, and see if I can stop the
process before it happens .... Other suggestions most welcome.

Thanks for the thoughts.

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Harvey Chapman [mailto:hchapman force stwing upenn edu]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 6:22 PM
To: 'RedHat list'
Subject: Re: X lockup


On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Adam Getchell wrote:

> After typing startx, my linux box locked up. I've hit Ctrl-Alt-F2,
> Ctrl-Alt-F3, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, and Ctrl-Alt-Del to no avail. I don't
have
> telnet enabled so that I can try to kill the process remotely. Any
> suggestions?

Is your mouse plugged in?  It seems silly, but my system will lockup if
you start X with no mouse plugged in.  My mouse, btw, is set to imps/2 and
I'm not sure what version of XFree86 I have.  I know it's from around the
time of RedHat 5.2.


R.



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