BIG BIG problem with Xorg and... something else...
Gerard Milhaud
g at esil.univ-mrs.fr
Mon Feb 13 05:12:31 PST 2006
Michael W. Lucas wrote:
>On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:58:45AM +0100, Gerard Milhaud wrote:
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>>Michael W. Lucas wrote:
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>>>Hook up a serial console, and use script(1) to capture any panic
>>>messages, etc. That'll give you a hint as to what's going on, and you
>>>can see how to proceed.
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>>Thanks a lot for your answer... But how can I use script, because when
>>the problem happens, all the processes are frozen and the file script is
>>being writing is not saved...
>>And which process/command do you suggest I attempt to audit ???
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>Use script on the machine acting as your console. If it's a Windows
>box, hyperterm has a "capture to file" option that will work as well.
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OK. I've disbaled soft-updates on /. I've sysloged *.info (and therefore
*.x where x is more critical than info) to /var/log/all.log.
When the X freeze comes, I've no accurate message in my log file...
Do you think an external console machine could give me more info ??
>>>It's very hard to figure this out within x11.
>>>
>>>(Yes, this is a pain, but it could be worse; I'm currently doing a
>>>binary search to figure out when, exactly, -current stopped booting on
>>>my laptop. :-)
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>>Argh !!! I'm not alone lost at the edge of the road...
>>Good luck...
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>No, there are quite a few of us here. Welcome to the cutting edge. :-)
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Maybe too much sharp-edged for me...
Bye and thank you for any idea...
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