Re: [SLE] SuSE freezes after KDE login.

From: Dan (dan-suselist_at_execit.dk)
Date: 01/31/05

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    Ken Schneider wrote:

    >On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 08:21, Dan wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Hi all.
    >>I have a strange problem with my SuSE 9.0 box.
    >>The problem happens now and then:
    >>When I log on as a user at the KDE login prompt, the login dialog box
    >>disappears and the system COMPLETELY freezes. All the services STOP and
    >>I can't get in contact with it, so the only thing I can do is power it
    >>off manually and reboot the machine which I don't like doing!
    >>
    >>This doesn't happen everytime, but I have noticed that it happens after
    >>I have done the following:
    >>1) the machine boots into runlevel 3
    >>2) I issue a "telinit 5", log in to the GUI
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Instead of issuing init5 use startx instead.
    >
    >
    Thanks. I will try that in the future.
    When I am in KDE and want to shut that down to free up memory, what
    should issue, telinit 3 ?

    >
    >
    >>3) After some time I issue a "telinit 3" command and the machine goes to
    >>runlevel 3 (I switch the GUI off to free up RAM usage)
    >>4) Wanting to use the GUI again I issue a "telinit 5", the login dialog
    >>box appears, I log in as a user and the machine completely freezes -
    >>everything stops.
    >>
    >>I use the computer as a webserver. When I work on the server I usually
    >>issue commands via WEBMIN.
    >>
    >>Does anyone have any idea what I can do to fix the problem?
    >>
    >>Regards,
    >>Dan
    >>
    >> 

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