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> Description. When in X/Icewm (I haven't been out of X much lately ;o)
> the machine sometimes locks, dead solid. No response whatsoever - the
> clock in icewm freezes ;o)
> Magic sysrq key doesn't work either. Nothing suspicious in the
> logfiles.
>
> A plain'n simple lockup.
I've had the same situation happen on my 21164 LX Alpha. the machine is not actually 'locked up', i can ssh in and kill the X11 server and regain control. it seems to be some sort of problem with reading input in raw modes, however i have no time nor the knowlege to debug this.
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> Kind regards,
>
>
> Brian
-SVD
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