F7: Compiz makes me freeze

[Renich Bon Ciric]

On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 20:29 +0930, Tim wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 00:57 -0500, Renich Bon Ciric wrote:
> > I was using compiz with no problems and almost "out of the box" after
> > installing livna's kmod-nvidia of course.
> 
> Just got that working myself, a couple of days ago.
> 
> > Some time after installation I began loosing the window title and
> > controls (_, [] and X) and then, it just started freezing my computer
> > just like that.
> >
> > This always happened while turning "Desktop Effects" on and off.
> 
> I saw that too.  I lost those gadgets, and had to hold down ALT while I
> clicked in the middle of windows to move them asside.  I had a
> confirmation dialogue box waiting for me behind another window.  The
> computer hadn't frozen, but I had things in the way that weren't
> responding to input.  The top-of-screen menubar still worked.

Well, it really froze with me. Even the keyboard froze; caps lock and
num lock didn't respond. It has happened to me too... but this is
different.

> 
> I've not uninstalled/re-installed things to sort it out.  Just what I
> said above, and I did a CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to restart X, the first few
> times.

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace didn't work... I left it there for 20 mins too...

> 
> -- 
> [tim at bigblack ~]$ rm -rfd /*^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Huname -ipr
> 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386
> 
> Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5.  Today, it's FC7.
> 
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.
> I read messages from the public lists.
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Renich Bon Ciric <renich at woralelandia.com>
Woralelandia
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