X server hangs; reboot required
Kevin J. Cummings
cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
Wed Nov 10 22:26:12 UTC 2004
Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote:
> I'm disappointed that the random X server hangs are still present in
> FC3. (I can't find the bug in Bugzilla; I know it's there because I
> think I commented on it. I wasn't the original filer.)
>
> What happens is that X exits abruptly. The screen contains whatever
> was on it at the time, but of course nothing works. It is possible to
> log in and start up another X session, but when that session exits,
> the screen still contains what was on it when X first exited.
>
> With FC2 and older kernels, this kind of hang happened a half to a
> dozen times a day. Now the frequency is down to 1 every other day, or
> so.
My biggest complaint with the FC2 X hangs is that the keyboard is always
"dead" (no response, can't change VC to a text window) and *most* of the
time the mouse is "dead" as well; though I have had a couple of hangs in
the middle of actively using X and the mouse motion remains, mouse
clicks are not processed; but most have occurred while the system in
idle and running a screensaver. Its obvious because the screensaver
stop changing. The rest of the sysytem continues to run normally. My
http server still runs, I still get email, other processes continue to
run. During the X hangs, I have to login remotely, and top shows that
the "X" process is chewing all of the otherwise unused CPU time (usually
> 85%), but is recoverable if the "X" process is killed (usually
requires a "kill -9"). My frequency under FC2 is 1 hang every day or two.
I'm interested in knowing how these symptoms change in FC3....
--
Kevin J. Cummings
kjchome at rcn.com
cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
cummings at kjc386.framingham.ma.us
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