Re: GNOME logs me out unexpectedly

[Desmond Rivet <rivet ecf utoronto ca>]

HI,

Well, I did a clean sweep of my system...I reinstalled Linux and x windows
but did *not* install the Redhat GNOME. I installed the helix distribution
by itself. The thing hasn't logged me out in a couple of days...I'm
hopeful.

Just a warning...this all seemed to start when I accidently "refeshed my
desktop with KDE icons. DON'T DO THIS!!

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Desmond Rivet          rivet@ecf.utoronto.ca
Eng Sci 0T0 + PEY      rivet_d@hotmail.com

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On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Kevin D. Knerr, Sr. wrote:

> On  5 Jul, Desmond Rivet wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Something else that's bizarre:
> > 
> > When I run GNOME for a relatively long time the screen will
> > occasionally turn a funky combination of colors and then either: 
> > 
> > a) log me out  
> > b) reboot the system
> > c) hang
> > 
> > All this after the funky colors appear on my screen.
> 
> No funky colors, but yes, I have experienced all three types of "hangs".
> 
> 
> FWIW, although I'm using XF86-4.0, I've got an S3Virge card. According
> to the XF86 docs, the v4.0 S3V driver should be just as stable as the
> v3.3.x driver, since it was a direct port.
> 
> Given the other reports that seem to indicate that this has more to do
> with GNOME than X--and given that I had the problems starting with the
> 1.1 prereleases of GNOME while still using XF86-3.3.x, I'm really
> starting to lean toward this being a primarily GNOME 1.2 issue--even if
> it's just a really weird GNOME/X interaction.
> 
> Let's see if we can find any more common denominators: I don't use
> gdm--I log in at a text console and startx. My .xinitrc calls
> gnome-session, but I've removed gmc entirely--no desktop icons, no file
> manager. I have 3 panels: the menu panel, an icon/launcher panel on the
> right edge, and an auto-hide taskbar panel on the bottom. I tend to use
> a combination of rxvts and gnome-terminals. I use several tcl/tk apps,
> especially TkRat and FileRunner. I've also got GKrellM running (and the
> Bubble Load Monitor). I'm currently at sawfish 0.28.1 (only because I'm
> about to upgrade to Slack 7.1 before I recompile sawfish). I'm using Pan
> and tin for Usenet; Lynx & Netscape for WWW.
> 
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