Lock your X-Windows in 3 easy steps! (aka I'm having peculiar problems)

[Phill MV]

Hey Stephen,

Thanks for the reply but I have to say, no, that can't possibly fix it.

It is much more likely to be a bug in gtk+ or some other subsidiary library;
X crashes but everything else keeps on going.

Thanks, tho.

On 28/10/06, Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Phill,
>
> > I then logged in, and discovered that I can now freeze X in three
> > easy
> > steps.
> > 1. Open firefox.
> > 2. Open a new tab of some sort from a click of some sort.
> > 3. Bathe in it's frustrating beauty.
> >
> > X is now completely locked up. I can't switch to a terminal (ctrl alt
> > f1-6)
> > or restart X (ctrl alt backspace).
> > Sometimes the mouse is still responsive, but then it can't leave
> > whatever
> > screen it's currently in (I use xinerama on two nvidia card powered
> > screens). Clicking on things is futile.
>
>
> I encountered the same problem exactly as yours previously.
>
> 1) My temporary solution
> On starting, boot the kernel with "noapic" option
>
> 2) My permanent solution
> upgrade the BIOS of motherboard
>
> Now my problem gone forever.
>
> Tks
>
>
> B.R.
> Stephen
>
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