Subject: Re: Linux Freezes in X
From: Neil Jolly (njolly@home.com)
Date: Sun Aug 29 1999 - 13:16:07 MDT
Ian B Jaillet wrote:
> Todd Masco wrote:
>
> > BF wrote:
> > > I am a ydl newbie, but I may have a solution.
> > > My mac running the Mac OS used to do the same thing(same symptoms -linux)
>
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>
> > what it's worth I also at similar times see spurious mouse events, both
> > on my ADB Kennsington thinking mouse-equipped S900 and my default iMac
> > USB mouse-equipped iMac).
> >
> > Both machines are running CS 1.1, vanilla from the shipped CD-ROM with
> > all packages installed plus just a few compiled from the net (grip,
> > bladeenc, cdparanoia).
> > --
> > Todd Masco, CTO | CCVS payment processing software for
> > Hell's Kitchen Systems, Inc. | Linux & Unix systems: www.hks.net
>
> This freeze problem almost appears to be a Gnome and/or Enlightenment problem
> which seems to be a recurring theme in all of these posts.
>
> Try using WindowMaker without Gnome. I realize WM isn't as sexy but it's been
> running flawlessly since I loaded CS 1.1 when it first came out and I have yet
> to freeze or reboot.
>
> My machine is an iMac rev. d with 160 meg mem and CS 1.1 with the 2.6 kernel
> is as vanilla as it gets except for the WM update from YDL's erratta page.
>
> BTW I've also not encountered the Netscape 4.61 problems reported by other
> posters.
>
I've been running WindowMaker since I updated to Champion 1.1, and have had no
problems to date. My wife does use Gnome/Enlightenment with no problems either,
but I have updated all the gnome & kde packages to the latest available (usually
from ftp.mklinux.org). Perhaps someone who is experiencing these freezes should
give that a try.
Note: the reason I use mklinux.org is they are currently working on a new
distribution, and are fanatical about keeping the packages up to date before the
final release.
Neil
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