[PLUG] Rebuilt System Still Not Right

[sofar]

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:52:32 -0800 (PST), Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>    I would like some thoughts on what could be wrong with my newly-built
> composite system. There are still unresolved issues of system lockups and
> segmentation faults that are new experiences for me and beyond my
> expertise.
> 
>    The past two mornings, just after logging in and starting X, the system
> has
> locked up solidly while loading Xfce. Yesterday it was after the root
> window
> wallpaper loaded; today at the next step, after the panel loaded. In both
> cases I had to do a hardware reset, and then X started just fine.

what kind of card/driver are you using? older nvidia binary drivers were known to lockup - and ati's fglrx driver hasn't been much better. Especially composite pushes the driver to madness - you might want to stay away from it if you're stuck with older drivers or just value your time ;^)

Auke