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Cc: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 9.0 release hang in quiescent X
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On 08/17/12 14:44, Warren Block wrote:

> If that stops the lockups, then you could try setting each in turn to a non-zero value (minutes).  Leave everything at zero except for the one being tested.  But these also seem unlikely, as it's a hardware signal from the video board to the monitor.  The suggestion of an X screensaver causing the lockup was excellent.  Even if you have no screensavers, there are other things that could be triggered, like xlock.

Not sure I understand what you're getting at.  By "other things that could be triggered" what do you mean?  e.g. xclock obviously gets "triggered" at least once per minute; you're suggesting that event could be causinging an update request while blanked out that is causing trouble?