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rjm
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 Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 10:31 pm Post subject: xscreensaver locks workstation |
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| My new gentoo installation is fantastic. The only problem is, if the computer is left alone for a long period of time, when I return to it I get no response from the keyboard or mouse. The screen is black, and my only option is to reset. Alt, SysRq +s,u,b has no effect. I'm running gentoo 1.2 with gnome 2 desktop and xscreensaver installed. My graphics card is an ATI Rage 128. Has anyone else had [fixed?] a similar problem? It's very annoying. |
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ebrostig
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 12:54 am Post subject: Re: xscreensaver locks workstation |
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| rjm wrote: | | My new gentoo installation is fantastic. The only problem is, if the computer is left alone for a long period of time, when I return to it I get no response from the keyboard or mouse. The screen is black, and my only option is to reset. Alt, SysRq +s,u,b has no effect. I'm running gentoo 1.2 with gnome 2 desktop and xscreensaver installed. My graphics card is an ATI Rage 128. Has anyone else had [fixed?] a similar problem? It's very annoying. |
Are you sure it is the xscreensaver?
Have you tried to disable it and see what happens?
Also, there might be hacks that you should avoid activating. I know a few used to mess up my system.
Try to deactivate all hacks, except for one, test it and try another one. This is probably the only way to figure out which hack is causing the lock-up.
Erik |
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maKKus
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| Xscreensaver did the same on my sytem. But in my case it is only one module, circuit (a opengl module) By disabling it with xsreensave-demo the problem disappeared! |
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Naan Yaar
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 11:47 am Post subject: |
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The ATI driver has issues with the screensaver and DRI (I use a Rage 128 SM and another Rage 128 card). I disable the screensaver.
Hopefully newer versions of XFree will be better. |
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rjm
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| OK, thanks for the replies everyone. I've disabled xscreensaver and it hasn't happened yet. I've had issues with the graphics card before actually, with opengl, so like you say it's probably the ATI drivers. |
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Oo.et.oO
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 9:39 pm Post subject: finding bad hacks |
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so you can have xscreensaver output certain items to a log including the most recent hack used.
so everytime you crash, log in from outside and copy the log to a new file and find out which hack chrashed your Xserver.
or, make a boot script that copies the file over to one named with the date/time in it or something so when Xscreensaver starts again it won't clobber your file.
this worked for me, and i turned off the offending hacks. actually it's the Xserver which is offending, but i can't really turn that off. 
this is with old Xserver and old ATI drivers.
but that machine is gone now so i don't have all the details of what i did.
hope this helps.
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