XOrg freeze that affects a lot of people

Michel Dänzer michel at daenzer.net
Fri Mar 18 08:41:58 PST 2005


On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 16:08 +0000, Charles Goodwin wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 10:47 -0500, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > I'm afraid people tend to mix up different issues. A freeze that
> > requires a reboot or at least a restart of the X server is usually a
> > driver issue. However, the second link above sounds more like an
> > application issue.
> 
> Sorry, you're right... I accidentally copied the wrong link (had too
> many tabs open for my own good).  Whoops.
> 
> Saying that, I can't find the thread I originally meant to link and
> don't feel like looking through the forums for it again.  Excluding that
> foul up (apologies again) the issue still stands.  Basically a freeze
> after what seems like a random amount of time (usually less than more)
> and usually fixed by some form of driver change.

As I said, they're likely driver issues, and unless it happens with the
drivers that ship with X.org, this is the wrong forum.


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