I recently started running Solaris 2.6 x86 on an IBM ThinkPad 765L
(not on the official "supported hardware" list, but seems to work
fine). The display is XGA, driven by the Trident *9385,
compatible with the 760ED (_is_ on the supported list).
Window system configuration: OpenWindows (CDE turned off), twm.
Symptom: display freezes mid-update, mouse cursor disappears, no
response to keyboard.
The system is still up, and I can telnet in from another machine. Top
shows that the X process is in a loop. I kill the X process, no
response (X keeps running, eating up the CPU). "kill -9" and of
course the X process and all its children go away, but the display is
still stuck and the keyboard is ignored.
This has happened about 4 times and each time I've been running
Netscape (version 4.07 for Solaris x86, fetched from Netscape's ftp
server). I _think_ it has never happened when Netscape wasn't running
but I'm not 100% sure.
Further info: I learened from the FAQ's about multiple virtual
terminals, and I did a little experimentation. Pressing "Alt-SysReq
H" when the system is normally up switches to the text screen for the
shell used to launch OpenWindows, and a control-C kills OpenWindows.
When the loop occurs, pressing "Alt-SysReq H" does _not_ switch the
screen, there's a few seconds' pause, and then a "beep" comes out the
speakers.
I've applied the recommended patches as of 10/23/98. I notice that
there's a big OpenWindows patch #106248 coming, but it's not available
as part of the recommended patches yet and also isn't on
sunsite.unc.edu, so I can't try it.
Has anyone else seen something like this? Thanks.