On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 09:10:55AM -0600, Trevin Beattie wrote:
> I've recompiled the kernel without DDB, and I still have the same deadlock
> problems as before.  It happens at random, either when starting a new
> xterm, or in a xscreensaver module.  I can still switch virtual terminals
> with Ctrl-Alt-Fn, and X will shut down with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, but when I
> try to log in on another terminal it only goes as far as taking my user
> name and then I get nothing.

Maybe the filesystem is hung then ? Do you have NFS on this machine ?
Does the HD activity led behave properly ?

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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