Jeff Laughlin wrote:

> 
> Overall the system seems stable, except for X. I've been using the 
> blackbox window manager, so it's possible that is the cause of the 
> freezes. Though it seems odd that something like blackbox or X could 
> cause the kernel to hang. I can't even SSH into it when it freezes in X. 
> I haven't tried getting in via serial. I suspect it's just that OFW 
> 1.0.5 sucks. Everything related to it's video support seems to be flaky. 
> So I probably just won't use X. Or maybe I'll try using TWM for a while 
> and see if that has the same problems.


well, FWIW, I used to get hard crashes in X (on netbsd /i386) to 
the point where networking would die: no ping, no ssh, nothing but 
take the battery out and sit thru a tedious fsck. It's been a 
while since it happened, so I can't quite recall how it was 
resolved. X does of course use networking so I suppose it could 
hang the kernel if it really wedged itself: I'm sure others can 
clarify or completely contradict me, as i'm way out on a limb . . 
. ;-)

No argument that OFW 1.0.5 is crap. I have *no* video, so nothing 
to crash or hang the box . . . . . I guess.

Good luck with it.