[Bug 64621] Re: System Crash when screensaver starts

[jdorwart]

Thanks Erik,
     I set the screen saver to blank and had the same problem, however I
ran apt-get update and it fixed it.  No idea what package caused it but
apparently it is resolved.

jeff
On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 01:40 +0000, Erik Meitner wrote:
> Which screen saver is the machine configured to use? Some of them are VERY processor intensive, and with a slow CPU and no GPU the system will be brough to its knees. I think if you waited, maybe a long time, it would come back. And it is not really a system crash  if you can kill X windows and get back to the login. 
> Try setting it to just "blank screen" and see if it does not make the machine unusable.
> Obviously, there should be some way for a screensaver to "know" when it is not able to run on a machine.
> 
> 
> ** Changed in: portmap (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: portmap => gnome-screensaver
>

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System Crash when screensaver starts
https://launchpad.net/bugs/64621