Bug 103761 - System freezes when in the x window system
Summary: System freezes when in the x window system
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 8.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-09-04 18:01 UTC by Alan Polinsky
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:57 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2004-09-30 15:41:30 UTC
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Description Alan Polinsky 2003-09-04 18:01:06 UTC
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529

Description of problem:
I have been using evolution, mozilla, and the gnome browser. All versions of the
2.4.20 kernel have been freezing when retireving data. The screen suddenly
displays a series of white and black vertical 'venetian blinds' and nothing can
be done. Cotrol alt backspace does not get out of the x session; I cannot telnet
to the box from my server on the lan. I cannot ping the affected box. It is
registered in the rhn network as winred80.polinsky.home if you would like to see
a profile of the packages that are installed. I have reverted to booting it
using the 2.4.18 kernel and it seems to be more stable.

Alan Polinsky

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel2.4.20-20.8

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. startx
2. use evolution for a large mail mantenance session, or mozilla at ebay, or the
gnome browser
3. you see the 'venetian blind' on the screen
    

Actual Results:   The system died

Expected Results:  nothing should have happened. In one case I was deleting mail
in evolution, in the other the was the ebay auction site.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:41:30 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/



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