On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, dsyates wrote: > alan wrote: > >>Which problem are you having? > > >>The one where xscreensaver sends X into an infinite timer loop or the > >>one where the machine just locks tight and freezes? > >>I see the infinite timer loop issue once in a great while on the nv > >>driver, but never the lockup. With the nvidia driver I get lockups > >>about once a week. > > I'm not sure. I do know that withe the nvidia driver in previous > releases, the machine would lock up. When I first experienced a problem > with xscreensaver in fc2, I assumed it was a machine lock up; it may > have been the other though. What are the symptoms of the infinite timer > loop problem? Either way, in both cases I have found that selecting > blank screen only from the xscreensaver preferences allows me to avoid > the problem altogether. Still a shae though. I don't have this problem > on my debian boxes (I'm not using nvidia drivers/hardware on those boxes > either though) With the timer loop problem, you can ssh into the machine (if you have a dual proc or time to wait) and strace the X process. With the hang the machine problem, you cannot ping or do anything but powercycle the box.
