[3ddesktop-dev] Re: System freezes

I've been kinda slow to get around to updating things, but now that I 
have, I'm having a little trouble with the new version. I'm using
enlightenment with redhat 7.2. I keep everything fairly updated 
using red carpet. 

On installing the rpm, I got an error about needing libGLcore.so.1. 
I blew this error off since I had gotten it with 0.1.6 as well. I just
used --nodeps to install with. I don't know if this is the source of my
problem or not, but I suspect not. 

0.1.6 worked just fine on the same system, except for the keyboard
grabbing problem.  Now when I run 3ddeskd, everything seems to work just
fine, but when I run 3ddesk, my interface locks up. 

If I don't use the --workspaces switch, then everything works as
expected, but of course I can only see 1/5 of my actual desktops without
the --workspaces option.

When my interface locks up, I can still recover using
ctrl-alt-backspace, and sometimes (rare though) I can actually just hit
the keys that I was going to hit anyway, and I pop up at the new
desktop, I just didn't get to see any of the kewl 3d action in between.
Most of the time I am just locked up though. If I ssh in from another
machine, I can do a killall 3ddesk, and my interface almost always comes
back to life as well.

I'm thinking that this might be what is happening to the other user as
well. Maybe it's just something with --workspaces + enlightenment? 

On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 07:27, Brad Wasson wrote: 
> 
> 
> Gee that's not good at all!  :(
> 
> Can you look in /var/log/messages and see if there are any lines
> with "xgrabkeyboard" or "xgrabpointer" in there.
> 
> Also make sure your opengl is operating correctly.  I usually do 
> this by running some of the xscreensaver opengl hacks.  Usually 
> in /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/  Try "flipscreen3d", "lament", 
> "morph3d" etc.
> 
> Are you running 3ddeskd with any arguments?
> 
> Try running with "-v" argument and let me know what messages
> come out before it hangs.
> 
> Also if you can get it to happen when doing something like the 
> following, send me the log (might make a big file though).
> 
>    "strace 3ddeskd -v &> /tmp/3ddeskd.log"
> 
> About how often does it happen?
> 
> thanks and sorry to hang your computer! :(
> --brad
> 
> > 
> > Hi, I'm new to this list and for a welcome I have my own problem ;)
> > 
> > Sometimes when I start 3ddeskd (0.1.7-1), my system freezes and
> > takes no keys. It freezes really complete, when a friend tried
> > to connect from his computer he was able to monitor 3ddeskd
> > sucking about 99% CPU and than his shell freezed, too!! :-(
> > 
> > I have to reset my machine every time this happens which makes me
> > somewhat unhappy. Can you please help me, give me advice what to 
> > do to give you more information, or whatever, I run SuSE 8.0 with
> > a patched kernel for the 3D-Stuff and an nvidia tnt something is
> > tickling under the sheet-metal.. please help me out!! I cant go 
> > back to 2d-pager-only.. ;)
> > 
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