Subject: RE: Linux Freezes in X
From: Arnaud Largilliere (arnaud.largilliere@aci.fr)
Date: Mon Aug 30 1999 - 02:29:05 MDT
> ----------
> From: Neil Jolly
> Reply To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Sent: dimanche 29 août 1999 21:16
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: Linux Freezes in X
>
> 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)
> >
>
> snip
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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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