Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 103761
System freezes when in the x window system
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:57:22 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: 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:
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