Fedora-9 minor issue #4

[Timothy Murphy]

Anne Wilson wrote:

>> Sometimes - about once a day - when I click on a panel icon
>> my Fedora-9 + KDE system stops responding.
>> The mouse moves but cannot activate anything.
>>
>> The only solution I have found is Ctr-Alt-Backspace
>> which restarts X (as I understand).
>>
>> 1) Do others share this experience?
>>
> Yes, in the last few days.  Not before.
> 
>> 2) Is there any less drastic solution than Ctr-Alt-Backspace?
> 
> Sometimes giving it a minute or two then trying again works.  Sometimes
> holding down rather than quick-clicking works.

Actually, I found that Alt-Ctrl-F1 to get a text console
and then Alt-Ctrl-F7 to get back again
seems to be a less drastic solution.

Also, as you say, it sometimes seems to be
just a matter of waiting for 30 seconds or so
for the message to get through.