Re: FC3 Seems to "Freeze" sometimes

From: Gustavo Seabra (seabra_at_ksu.edu)
Date: 11/24/04

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    Rick Wagner wrote:

    >On Wednesday 24 November 2004 6:10 am, Colin O'Flynn wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Hello,
    >>
    >>I'm having a wierd to me problem with FC3. It occasionally seems to stop
    >>responding for periods of time. I can't click on anything with the mouse,
    >>then eventually it starts responding again.
    >>
    >>Some useful information:
    >>
    >>-Using KDE
    >>-Using nvidia driver
    >>
    >>It seems to happen when Firefox is open, though I have that open a lot
    >>anyway. I get some error messages from X about "BadWindow" and invalid
    >>window parameter. However I seem to get these when there is no problem as
    >>well..
    >>
    >>Anyone else see this? I tried searching but couldn't find much.
    >>
    >>Regards,
    >>
    >> -Colin
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    >I've noticed similar things on my laptop. No nvidia, but using KDE too.
    >Also, I have noticed that when it does this (it doesn't completely hang, but
    >almost), I am able to get a terminal window and do a top. It shows firefox
    >using 100% CPU. I've seen KDE, Firefox or Thunderbird mentiond on this
    >thread. Anyone else seeing Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird at 100% CPU?
    >
    > --rick
    >
    >
    >
    I have a similar but probably unrelated problem: Every once i a while,
    without any apparent reason, the monitor blacks out for a couple of
    seconds (as if I had turned it off) and then comes back. I've never
    notice that before installing FC3. 

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