When this happens, try ejecting your pcmcia cards, and see if it instantly comes back to life.
You Wrote:
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:10:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carson Wilcox <carson_wilcox@yahoo.com>
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Mandrake 8.2 and Evolution
That's true, but I don't have remote access to my
laptop.
--- Matt Miller <mmiller1@mptotalcare.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 09:26, Carson Wilcox wrote:
> > Actually, it works ok, it's just that at some
> point
> > after I start it, linux just hangs and all I can
> do is
> > a power down which ain't a good thing.
> >
> > Carson
> >
>
> I had a problem when I first enabled DRI for my
> Radeon card (in kernel
> and XF86Config). The display would freeze when I
> would switch from the X
> display to the virtual terminals -- ctrl+alt+f7 -->
> ctrl+alt+f[1-6]. I
> found that although my X server was frozen I could
> still ssh into the
> box and bring it down gracefully. Keep in mind, the
> X server controls
> keyboard, mouse and video, so when it freezes
> usually the keyboard and
> mouse inputs no longer work. But, an inaccessible X
> server should not
> prevent you from accessing the box remotely.
> HTH
> --
> Matt Miller
> Systems Administrator
> MP TotalCare
> gpg public key id:
> 08BC7B06
>
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