[Discuss] Unexplained GUI lockups

[tkoker at gmail.com (Tony Koker)]

Hi,

   I have a similar problem, but different setup: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on Gnome
2 (not using nVidia drivers, either, though).
   I have had the lockup in two cases, running Firefox 11 (64 bit), and,
running IE 8 in a Win XP session of Virtual Box.
   Mouse works fine, but the keyboard won't even toggle the Caps or Num
Lock (lights) but I can use ssh, and do, to gracefully shutdown VMs and
reboot the main (PITA).

Tony Koker


On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:

> Recently I've been experiencing a lockup of the GUI (Gnome 3), Fedora
> 16. It appears to occur when I click a link in Thunderbird 11.01. The
> only other things running are gnome terminal and Firefox 11.0 both 64-bit.
> When this occurs the mouse pointer is a fist with an index finger.
> Additionally, it appears that GDM itself is locked up since alt-tab does
> not work, and it I mouse over to Actitivies, I can't get the Gnome
> screen. I can move the mouse with no hesitation.
>
> Here is one interesting event in the GDM log.
> [mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.
> Seems to be documented bug in red Hat Bugzilla: 465884
>
>
> However, I can ssh into my system from my Smartphone.
> Fedora 16
> kernel is 3.3.1-3.fc16.x86_64
> Gnome shell is 3.2.2.1-1.fc16.x86_64
> Video driver is Nouveau.
>
> One possible solution is to try to use the nvidia driver again. This was
> a bit of a pain, but as long as I install the akmods things should be ok.
>
>
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