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[ally]

hey tallboy

there have been quite a few threads about 5.4 hanging, the experience on my own machines caused be to revert to 5.3.3

if left for (quite) a while normal service normally resumes, the hanging duration does seem to be random, it may not be the same fault but worth investigating

I have converted a couple of peeps to slacko and burnt them the then latest version which I think was 5.3.90 and they haven't reported any hanging issues but I only see them periodically so haven't had a chance to delve further

[01micko]

@ ally and SFR ..I still can't reproduce these errors!..

BUT.. I just noticed something.. both of you are using ext2 savefiles.. I always use ext4... I wonder if this is the common denominator?

I'll do some tests soon.

@ tallboy, I'll look into dvd session saving issues too

[peebee]

[01micko]

The only thing I can suggest is if a drop to prompt stops it then you should be able to capture /tmp/xerrs.log BEFORE restarting X.

[01micko]

Status of work on next beta so far:

[ally]

hey micko

I had 5.4 ff installed on a lenovo t61 and a dell gx620, it happened on both machines

I can't remember why but I resorted to ext2 on the dell (I think I read about a conflict but of what and why I can't remember)

**EDIT - there was a bug that involved ext4 and hdd mount errors, I THINK I may have tried to use ext2 to see if it made a difference and just stuck with it

the lock-up occurred when trying to access hdd's, I always run separate partitions for the OS and data, the system would hang whilst trying to access a drive or partition, my t61 has 2 partitions on 2 drives each (ie 4 in total)

I would be able to start another ram based app but would hang like crazy on occasions opening a drive, once it finished feckin about it would be ok again, the reason and duration of the hang and interval appeared random

my knowledge to be able to trap errors is lacking and I did query a how to

I have a spreadsheet of the builds I collect and I mark those than I burn and play, the version I passed on to friends was slacko-5.3.9.5-firefox-4g, I know that it is installed on a desktop pc and a laptop (machine specs unknown) but neither has reported any issues so I suspect the issue is a change between the two

am happy to give it some more testing if I can help track errors but I will need some hand holding on what to look for

[01micko]

Between 5.3.9.5 and 5.4 the changes were as above...

[ally]

micko

I've put a request into the users I mentioned for details, they are brand new puppy/linux users so suspect that they will be running ntfs file systems

I'll put a clean 5.4 install onto the dell again and have a bash around again to see if I can induce the error

I did run the 5.3.9.5 opera for a (short) while and didn't have any issues but did in the 5.4, can try both if you think it will help

will keep you posted

[01micko]

[peebee]

[01micko]

[ally]

[01micko]

[ally]

^^^^^^

there my machines, sorry for confusion

my dell is a headless system so just loading 5.4 onto an ibm t21 for a bash



** EDIT - the 'friends' machInes have 5.3.9.5 ff running on a laptop with ntfs and a desktop running ext2, he has commented that the desktop 'once threw a wobbly' but couldn't be more specific as it only happened once and a long while ago

the t21 has been been running an hour or so, frugal install ext2 without problems so far......

[SFR]