[Tfug] Persistent Linux and X Crashes. How to track down?

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Chad Woolley wrote:

>Nvidia, not sure of the manufacturers.  However, there are FOUR video
>cards in it (lower end TNT2), for my 4 monitors.  Guess that could be
>contributing to the heat problem, huh <blush>?  I've got some
>Dual-Head cards, but I could never get my xorg conf to work right for
>the second display (always just showed the same on both).
>  
>
Four monitors,  Wow I have one monitor and four computers.  I naver have 
figured out what benifit there was to extra monitors on a computer, but 
then I avoid using windoze where there are dozens of applications and 
only one works space.    With X  I  change what is shown on the screen 
not my my head position.   I have 6 works spaces 3 for my main Linux and 
one each for the other 3 machines.   Speaking of other machines my 
hottest box I keep in the garage so as not to over heat my office.  The 
garage get upwards of 120 and never has had a heat , or other , related 
issue.    If it is a case if video locking up  have you tried to change 
run level in an attempt to recover after ssh'ing in,  #> init 3,  ?   
Even if this fails to recover you may be able to see what cannot be 
killed and restarted giving insight to the cause.

>Also, I've noticed X performance degrades a lot when you have 4
>displays :).  But, windows does as well.  Maybe high-end cards would
>work, but there's not many high-end PCI video cards, and not much
>extra money in my budget for video cards.
>
>-- Chad
>
>On 8/2/06, Bowie J. Poag <bpoag at comcast.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>Let me guess. ATI graphics card?
>>    
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