Sometimes, it seems like gnome just freezes and I can’t click anything except some things in the application that’s up at the moment (mostly tabs in FF). Trying ctrl+alt+backspace sometimes take care of the problem, even though most times it’s still impossible to use the mouse for anything after logging in. Alt+tab and alt+f4 also work sometimes, but doesn’t really help since the problem is there no matter what window is active. The only thing that really helps is a reboot.
I don’t think I’ve ever had this problem without Firefox running, but then again, I always have firefox running. On a second thought, I think there was one time it happened while using opera, but I’m not sure.
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> Forgot to mention: I’m using OpenSUSE 10.3 and Firefox 3.0.1.
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New install?
Either way, please check to see if Beagle is running… it’s that little
doggie in the tray… he’s a bad doggie, and eats all your cpu cycles.
Best to uninstall it if it’s on your system. Right click on the ‘Kerry
Beagle’ icon → configure → daemon status → stop. And then uninstall it.
I’ve uninstalled Beagle but it didn’t work. I still get these problems. Everything freezes, I can hardly click everything and the only thing I can do is to use tab to select different thing in a window. Does anyone know what might be causing this?
Sorry for the repeated bumps, but it just happened again. I tried to restart X and when I tried to login, I got a message saying that the Gnome session handler couldn’t start correctly and that I should report the error (which I did) and include the following ICE message: “Cannot establish any listening sockets”.
I tried to log in with a failsafe session but the problem was still there. I also tried googling the error message but didn’t find anything useful.
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> Sorry for the repeated bumps, but it just happened again. I tried to
> restart X and when I tried to login, I got a message saying that the
> Gnome session handler couldn’t start correctly and that I should report
> the error (which I did) and include the following ICE message: “Cannot
> establish any listening sockets”.
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> I tried to log in with a failsafe session but the problem was still
> there. I also tried googling the error message but didn’t find anything
> useful.
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Sorry to make this sound like a global panacea, but have you tried the
‘nohz=off’ option on the boot options line at bootup?
When grub presents it’s menu, type ‘nohz=off’, then allow machine to boot.
If this resolves some issues, you can add it to the default boot options by
editing menu.lst.
I’ve had six machines now where this option immediately cleared up weird
freezes and lockups. Also resolves so time keeping issues as well
not at all sure it will be helpful…but, i’ve tried to keep up with
all the different reasons folks found to be (in their
opinion/experience) the reason for freezes (momentary or hard locked)
and put them all on one page…see:
oh, one other thing: i can’t see where you or anyone replying to you
mentioned LOOKING IN THE LOGS to see if there is a hint of the cause
of the freeze…
have a look in (at least) /var/log/messages which keeps a list in
TIME order…when you have a freeze just note the TIME and when you
get the machine back go in and take a look around that time…you
might find an ERROR reported…put some of the important words from
that error message in the subject line of a NEW post…along with
specifics of your machine/software and maybe you will get the help
you need and deserve…
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