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   From: SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid>   
   Subject: Re: X just freezes!   
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   Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:59:57 GMT   
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   * Polecat wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > Hi all.   
      
   > I have a problem that just keeps randomly happening and I just don't    
   > know what to do.   
   > I have a desktop with Ubuntu Dapper installed which has a nVidia Riva    
   > TNT 2 32 MB in it.   
   > I have installed the nVidia drivers for legacy graphics and it works    
   > well. Resolution and refresh rates are the ones I want. The problem is    
   > that it keeps on randomly freezing. And I mean randomly in the way that    
   > it isn't while running this or that application. I may be using Nautilus    
   > and it just freezes. The image is just there, no mouse, no nothing, even    
   > no screensaver. It can stay that way for hours, until I ssh into the    
   > desktop and do a "ps -A | grep Xorg" and "sudo kill whicheverprocessnumber".   
   > Can you guys help me? Do you need more information?   
   > Thank you all in advance.   
      
   I can give you a shorter command:   
      
   $ sudo kill `pgrep Xorg`   
      
   no need for the ps   
   $ man pgrep   
      
   Sorry, best I can do.   
      
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