Fedora Locks Up on Logout

[John Hodrien]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Karl-Olov Serrander wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, John Hodrien wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Steve Strong wrote:
>>
>>> I've installed Fedora 2 on a system that has been running Redhat 9.0.
>>> When I log off, the system hangs, the monitor displays a message
>>> complaining that the refresh rate is out of range.
>>>
>>> The X configuration has the correct monitor and video card with all of
>>> the same configuration data for the RH 9.0 machine right next to it.
>>
>> Have an identical problem with a Dell machine that's been upgraded from 9.0 to
>> FC2.  The machine does a total blow-up, nothing logged.  Fancy swapping specs,
>> to see if there's something common?  I've installed it on many systems, all
>> from the same image, so I know it's something quirky with *this* hardware.
>>
>> Pentium 4 1.6
>> 512M
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF
>
> Try to comment 'Load  "dri"' in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> Solved the problem with lockup when logging out from My Dell Optiplex GX240
> with the same graphics card.

That's the last thing I've tried, but the machine's not been logged out since
then.  Here's hoping ;)

jh

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