[ltp] User processes disappearing while idle
Jeffrey L. Taylor
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:38:04 -0500
OpenSuSE 11.4, KDE, Lenovo T520: while idle, almost all user processes will
disappear. Only two daemons (fetchmail and search) and kde4d w/ 2 child
processes remain. The screen brightens slightly on tapping a key or wiggling
the mouse, but is still dark gray. I can switch to tty1.
Two questions: Any way to prevent it from happening? Any way to restart the
desktop environment short of rebooting?
While trying to send this e-mail, the keyboard and mouse clicks stopped
responding. The mouse could still move the cursor, but nothing else
responded, including the 3 finger salute (reboot shortcut).
TIA,
Jeffrey