[3ddesktop-dev] Re: System freezes

On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 07:32, Brad Wasson wrote: 
> 
> 
> Hmmmm, this is not good.  Let me ask a couple questions and 
> perhaps we can get to the bottom of this.
> 
> Did you compile 0.1.6 or install the rpm?  0.1.7 you did rpm?
> 
Both from rpm.. Both gave me the libGLcore.so.1 error, so I used
--nodeps. 

> Do you have an nVidia card or something else?  (In other words
> do you use DRI or drivers provided directly by the card vender
>  -- such as nVidia)?
> 
nvidia gforce 2 mx-200 at work. gforce 2 mx-400 at home. both systems do
the same thing. 

> If you used the 0.1.7 rpm can you try compiling the tarball and
> seeing if it happens then?
> 
Will do.. I'll have to collect a few header files first, but I'll try to
do that right now. 

> I'm thinking that my RPM is only good for nVidia (that is what I 
> have) and must have a different one for other cards (because of
> library dependancies).
> 
Eh.. well, I'll try a compile anyway and see what happens. 

> Also try running 3ddeskd with --win flag...  does it happen then?
> 
Well, it only does it now (AFAIK) when I'm using the --workspaces
switch. I'll try the --win real quick though. 

Aha.. cool switch.. didn't even know it existed. OK, it behaves just the
same using the --win switch, but with much fewer negative consequences.
If I don't use --workspaces, then it works just fine. If I do, then it
locks up, but I can just click outside of that window, and type killall
3ddeskd, and I'm back up and running.

I'll try hunting up some headers, and trying a compile on my box. Could be
some screwy library.

> There are a bunch of other bugs in 0.1.7 that I didn't notice
> so I've gotta fix those too.
> 
> thanks,
> --brad
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Buck wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 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.. ;)
> > > > 
> > -- 
> > Nothing is as simple as it seems at first
> >   Or as hopeless as it seems in the middle
> >     Or as finished as it seems in the end
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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