Jan Panteltje  wrote:
> On a sunny day (Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:09:23 +0000 (UTC)) it happened bob
> prohaska  wrote in :
>
>>bob prohaska  wrote:
>>> Jan Panteltje  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Maybe if you can ping it you can ssh to it from an other PC and kill the X
server
>>>
>>> That's sort of a nuisance, since the Pi is the only thing on the
>>> LAN that's routinely powered up. It could be done, however.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Have not had any lockups so far here, not with chromium either.
>>>>
>>> _That_ is most interesting. Suggests a local problem, and the only
>>> thing special about my setup is use of an old Kingston USB flash
>>> drive for swap space. Perhaps it's time to try another device, maybe
>>> even a mechanical hard drive for a while.
>>>
>>
>>It looks like the old Kinston USB flash drive is the culprit, or at
>>least a major contributor. I replaced it with a mechanical hard drive
>>and opened up a page that used to reliably lock up chromium and the Pi
>>in a few minutes, sometimes it took only seconds to become unresponsive:
>>https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/#/animation?satellite=goes-west&end_dateti
me=latest&n_images=8&coverage=conus&channel=13&image
>>_quality=gif&anim_method=javascript
>
> Nice site, indeed flawless in chromium here
> Also tried the other sats and animation.
>
Which graphics driver and Pi are you using? On my Pi3
only the legacy graphics driver works; the others lock
up even after replacing the old Kingston usb flash swap
device with a mechanical hard disk.

Thanks for reading!

bob prohaska

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