[ltp] Unexplained crashes on Thinkpad T21

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Hi there,

I happen to have an A20m and am using Debian/unstable with X4.0.3 and
xfce 3.7.2.  My machine loves hanging in a very peculiar way.  Most
frequently it hangs if I am logged in and leave the machine alone long
enough to get the screen to go blank (5 minutes).  Then every once in a
while when I hit a key to bring the screen back up, it hangs
completely.  xscreensaver is running at this point, and most frequently
the machine comes back fine, but at least once a day it hangs hard.

I do not have ShadowStatus (btw - what's the significance?)

Leeman
strout@etcsupport.com



----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
Date: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:38 pm
Subject: Re: [ltp] Unexplained crashes on Thinkpad T21

> >>>>> "DS" == D Sen <dsen@research.att.com> writes:
> 
>    DS> Which version of X are you using?  If its 4.x.x, then do you
>    DS> have ' Option "ShadowStatus" " in the device section of your
>    DS> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4?
> 
>    DS> DS
> 
>    DS> Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> 
>    >> I have a relatively new Thinkpad T21.  It is currently
>    >> exhibiting unexplained and hard to debug crashes/hangs. [...]
> 
> FWIW, I also have a new T21, and see similar hangs to those you
> describe.  I use Debian Potato (2.2), which I believe has XFree86
> version 3.  (How can I get the exact version of X, BTW?)
> 
> I only get the hangs when running Gnome, and I've found empirically
> that I get them much _less_ if I don't use Alt-TAB to switch between
> windows.  (Which is a shame, since I like Alt-TAB!)
> 
> Maybe these clues might help...
> 
>        Neil
> 
> 
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