Hey all, Just wanted to get some thoughts on a few probs. I'm still Googling, but not finding anything certain. I want to lay out a few things I've experienced on my system, and maybe someone can provide confirmation of what I'm thinking 1) I have, using Linux From Scratch, experienced the following message that shows up on a console: 'spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ<number-i can't remember what it was>' I do remember, when digging around, I found that the device associated with this was a virtual console device. 2)I have, under Debian sarge, experienced this on the console: 'keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present' quite often this happens. 3)Icepack-linux and Debian sarge-when switching to a console from X, the monitor goes black and I get an OSD message that says 'out of range'. 4)Fedora Core 2-Lots of X lockups 5)Debian-sarge-Frequent X lockups complete with looping audio. 6)Debian-sarge-When playing Tux, with the joydev and sidewinder modules loaded, I cannot use the USB keyboard or mouse (it does not respond at all), and I have to do a hard reboot because I can't exit the game. But when I don't have the joystick loaded, and just use the keyboard, I can play and exit the game just fine. In Debian sarge, I am currently using both stock kernel 2.4.27-1-386 with corresponding nvidia(6111) and alsa(1.0.6a) modules, and low-latency patched 2.4.25 kernel, same nvidia and alsa module versions. I get the same responses indicated in #5 and #6 with either kernel.
My conclusions based on what I have researched: 1)I possibly have a bad motherboard . . . For about a year I have had interrupt problems, and the OSD 'out of range' message about the same amount of time, but only rare occasions. As hardware-centric as linux is, I assumed this was a hardware problem. My searches on Google for this past year has confirmed this. But exactly what the hardware problem is, no one is able to determine exactly. My motherboard chipsets are VIA 82C694X (northbridge), and 82C596A (southbridge)--I believe the southbridge handles interrupts for keyboard, mouse, joysticks, etc, I haven't quite found all the answers. 2)I possibly have a bad video card . . . I haven't had these frequent lockups since the last time I had a bad video card, back in my Windoze days; I have NEVER had lockups on Linux, unless I was doing something funky and extreme, and NEVER this frequent. Sometimes all I have to do is move the mouse! Possible evidence: My wife and I moved to Ohio, stayed at her sister's and my computer was in a nice, damp basement. After we moved out of there, I found that my network card was no longer working (brand new one, too). Also, since then, the frequent lockups have commenced. I'm certain it's hardware, directly related to the vid card (unfortunately) and the motherboard. If anyone else has had these experiences, I'd just appreciate some confirmation on this, so I can wisely make some replacement purchases. :) Best Regards, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
