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From: Ed Tomlinson <tomlins@cam.org>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.4.x system Freezes
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 16:31:29 -0500
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On Friday 02 March 2001 19:20, you wrote:
> > Should an X crash really freeze my box like a block of ice?  Would be
> > nice if linux could just detect an X crash an recover...  Is this too
> > much to ask from PC harware?
>
> X pokes hardware, so X is kind of a device driver in part. One slip and
> splat..

Yes - gather this can make life in the fast lane easier... if its all done 
perfectly.

Just wanted to confirm that the freezes _do_ happen with X3.3.6 too.  I was 
able to get into kdb from a serial console (an then lost the log - murphy can 
be a real PITA).   I figure a ps, bt and bta should be enough to point out 
the problem task?  Its there anything else I should do (sr t maybe?)?

This was with 2.4.2+ac10+kdb1.8 and x3.3.6 it froze when I returned to the 
keyboard after a pause of three hours.

TIA,
Ed
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