On Sat, 2020-05-23 at 23:24 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
A number of times lately my system has partially locked up. When
this
happens, the system is playing an audio file (usually using
rhythmbox) but is otherwise idle. Audio continues but the screen is
inactive: generally it is dark but sometimes it shows a screen saver
(sometimes a clock that never changes); sometimes the cursor follows
the mouse; usually no cursor is visible
You may have a crashing screensaver, you've described that situation to
a tee. The usual approach was to try disabling some screensavers; or
turning off the choose random option, and only using one that you've
never seen crash.
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Linux 3.10.0-1127.8.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 12 16:57:42 UTC 2020 x86_64
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