xorg problem - display just quit

[John T. Moran]

On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 10:42 +1000, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 03:05:18PM -0500, Drewcore wrote:
> > hi list. i'm using hoary, and left this morning to run some errands. i
> > got home and moved my mouse to disable xscreensaver (which is nothing
> > but blank screen) and it wouldn't come back. i hit ctrl-alt-backspace
> > and then gdm restarted and everything was fine. i just wondered if
> > anyone else has experienced this or if i should even be concerned.
> 
> I've seen xscreensaver lock up twice, but never been able to get a
> trace, or reproduce it.

I've experienced this. Turns out my resolution was to high for my
monitor. After lowering it, I haven't had the problem again.

John