[ltp] Unexplained crashes on Thinkpad T21

[D. Sen]

It has been a while since I've used XFree 3.X. The early drivers had a
"scrolling hang" bug where the machine hung when you ran things like the
Matrix screen saver or scrolled windows too fast.....I would suggest
upgrading to XFree 4.X and using the latest driver from:

http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html

(4.1.0 from www.xfree.org, has the latest driver in the source tree).

Running 'X -version' should tell you which version you are using.

Also, dont forget "Option ShadowStatus" in your XF86Config-4 file.

DS

Neil Jerram wrote:

> >>>>> "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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