Re: problem with 7.1 (2.4.3 & 2.4.2 kernels)

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On 29 Aug 2001 03:37:47 -0400 Craig Longman <craigl begeek com> imparted
to us:

> On Wed, 2001-08-29 at 02:03, ABrady wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:59:53 -0700 (PDT) Gordon Messmer
> > <yinyang eburg com> imparted to us:
> > 
> > Are these machines runing X most or all of the time? Do you run
> > xscreensaver on them?
> > 
> > I've had a few issues with some of the screensavers that I've had to
> > turn off. That's why I ask.
> 
> my machine is always running X also.  i too got suspicious of
> xscreensave some time ago about something else, and ended up turning
> it
> off, opting for simple black then off instead.
> 
> as with gordon though, my problems appear mostly when the system is
> being used.  the only thing i can possible point to so far, is galeon
> (!).  i haven't used it this session at all, and i've been up some 6
> hours.  that's a bit of a record for me now...  just using old
> netscape
> (boy, thats hard... galeon rules!) and a little bit of evolution
> (rulez
> 2).  its almost certain that using galeon simply exercises the system
> enough that it triggers the problem.

My problems mostly existed when I used and S3 Virge/DX. I now have
nvidia dn I've only had a couple of lockups. One was when I had the
first roswell installed and the other was caused by nautilus (before I
remembered to rpm -e the damned thing).

> lotsa terminals always though.

I keep only large one with 6 logs in it and sometimes have another one
or two one the same desktop. I almost always have one open on desktop 6
, sometimes have a couple open on deskop 2. Usually that's it.

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