.649 and .667 kernels and random lockups

[Dave Mack]

seth vidal wrote:

>Hi Everyone,
> I've upgraded two machines to fc3rc5(ish) and then upgraded again to
>latest rawhide. I've been running the .649 and .667 kernels on these two
>systems. One is a dell dimension 2400 - p4 2.8ghz the other is an ibm
>x23 thinkpad - p3-866mhz. Both of them will lockup if they sit idle for
>a while. It's a hard lock up, I can't free them of it and I have no idea
>what causes it. Is anyone else seeing this, too?
>
>Thanks
>-sv
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Don't know about rawhide, but on FC2 I've had the screensaver put my 
machines into a state where they have to be powercycled. Turning off 
screensaver or judiciously choosing a single screensaver to run every 
time instead of allowing random selection has solved the problem.

Dave