Frequent Hangs w/ Fedora Core 2 on IBM ThinkCentre 8187-KU

[James Wilkinson]

Eric Mader wrote:
> I recently installed FC 2 on the above machine, which has a 3G Pentium 4 
> w/ hyperthreading. This machine seems to hang hard after a day or so of 
> running. It's usually just running the screen saver when it hangs.

A numbre of people have reported problems with OpenGL screensavers.
Which screen saver have you chosen?

What graphics hardware does that machine have? If it's Nvidia or ATi,
have you put proprietary drivers on?

Try setting "Blank Screen Only" in ScreenSaver Preferences (in Mode).

James.

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