[Fwd: Re: Gnome locks frequently]

[Art Ross <aross skyenet net>]

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Subject: Re: Gnome locks frequently
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:42:22 -0500
From: Art Ross <aross skyenet net>
Organization: Sinclair Community College
To: Ben FrantzDale <bfrantzdale hmc edu>
References: <3C168E87 1A7DF515 skyenet net>
<1008116192 24693 13 camel HMC-59-66 ST hmc edu>

Ben FrantzDale wrote:

> On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 14:53, Art Ross wrote:
> > I've put up with this problem for awhile.  What happens if Gnome will
> > lockup on me for no apparent reason.  The only way out of this situation
> > is to cylce the power on the PC case.
> >
> > For awhile I thought that I could avoid the problem by logging in
> > starting Gnome.  This seemed to lower the frequency of the lockups so I
> > ignored the issue.
> >
> > Well, I've finally become frustrated enough to seek help.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >   Art
>
> Can you describe the symptoms? Can you hit ctrl+alt+bksp (which should
> kill the X server) to get out of the locked situation? Does the mouse
> cursor still move?
>
> --Ben
>
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Ben,
  When Gnome locks,everything locks.  The mouse, the CTRL+ALT+BKSP, and
all
process daemons.  This machine is my home network router and when I've
had
the lockup occur other machines cannot access shares and the router
doesn't
forward any packet traffic.  It is simply dead.
   This is on a RedHat 6.2 machine and this occurred when it was a
RedHat 6.0
that I upgraded some time ago.
   Let me know if you need anything else.
  Best Regards,
  Art