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#249

Author: Jono Nicholson
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 1994 21:30

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I have been having a slight problem with X running on my slackware 2 
(kernel 1.1.32) system. Occasionally the Xserver will completely lock up, 
all the tasks will remain running but there is no way to switch from X to 
a virtual console or to shut down the X server. This happens with any 
window manager (I normally use fvwm)

The system is a 486sx33 8Mb ram 14Mb of swap allocated.

I have a feeling that this is somehow related to a memory problem,
possibly a slightly corrupt swap partition. I have re-run mkswap with the 
-c option, and it returns no errors. Under DOS I have run full memory 
diags which returned no errors.


Any help would be appreciated!

Regards, 

Jonathan

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Re: X problems?

#250

Author: Iain Paton
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 21:29

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Jono Nicholson (jono@acme.demon.co.uk) wrote:

: I have been having a slight problem with X running on my slackware 2 
: (kernel 1.1.32) system. Occasionally the Xserver will completely lock up, 
: all the tasks will remain running but there is no way to switch from X to 
: a virtual console or to shut down the X server. This happens with any 
: window manager (I normally use fvwm)

I normally find that the X server isn't locked, just that the process
in the top window has stopped accepting input (of any kind) and as such
blocks both the keyboard and the mouse ( I can still move the mouse, but 
no amount of clicking will do anything). Normal solution is to log in
from another machine (or terminal) and kill the process that's hung, then
everything comes back to life...

I

Re: X problems?

#251

Author: Malcolm McLean
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 11:33

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Jono Nicholson (jono@acme.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: I have been having a slight problem with X running on my slackware 2 
: (kernel 1.1.32) system. Occasionally the Xserver will completely lock up, 
: all the tasks will remain running but there is no way to switch from X to 
: a virtual console or to shut down the X server. This happens with any 
: window manager (I normally use fvwm)

: The system is a 486sx33 8Mb ram 14Mb of swap allocated.

: I have a feeling that this is somehow related to a memory problem,
: possibly a slightly corrupt swap partition. I have re-run mkswap with the 
: -c option, and it returns no errors. Under DOS I have run full memory 
: diags which returned no errors.

Try using u386mon.  I have it in it's own xterm window all the time.
It shows you the max and free memory and swap along with a host of other
kernel stuff.

I got it from ftp.celestial.com://pub/sco-ports/unix/u386mon.tar.gz
This is version 2.6 but I beleive that it's up to 3.4ish now.

: Any help would be appreciated!

: Regards, 

: Jonathan

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