Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote:
2011/7/4 Dale<[email protected]>:
Hi,
What mine does: It sort of varies but usually when I login, it may last a
couple minutes, usually less, then the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LED's
blink. The Num Lock key is off if that means anything. I tried the SysReq
keys but it doesn't do anything at all. According to the messages at the
next boot, it doesn't sync or umount either. The mouse pointer no longer
moves either. At this point, I hit the reset button which causes steam to
come out my ears. I HATE using that button.
I'm fairly sure this is not hardware.
You can never be sure about that.
That's why I said "fairly". One can never be sure but after some
testing, I don't think it is hardware. I'm getting more sure of that as
time goes on too. ;-)
Right now, I am in Fluxbox and it
works fine. I also booted to single user and compiled a bunch of stuff and
also tried a different kernel too. I think if it was hardware, it would
have had some kind of hick-up during the compile. I did check temps and all
is nice and cool, very cool since my A/C is on full blast. I think the oven
is outside on full blast instead of in the kitchen. lol It's HOT here,
steamy hot.
You can try turning off the compositing system altogether. You can do
that by disabling the desktop effects in systemsettings. If lockups
stop then it's probably something to do with your graphics driver and
if that's the case you might have better luck with an alternative
driver.
I don't think I am logged in long enough to change the settings. I may
try my test user but I think a file got corrupted or something. I did
have a power failure the other day and the relay on my UPS was not quite
fast enough. I think the contacts may need some cleaning. My UPS does
some odd things at times. I need a new one but they are pricey. I had
forgot about the power failure issue. That has lead me down a different
path now.
I checked messages and the only thing I saw was about a bad option for
hp-systray. Surely that wouldn't cause a crash? I'm going to unmerge and
test it tho, just to be sure.
I don't think so.
I have seen this cause my desktop to freeze before. Usually when it has
trouble seeing the printer or starting itself then kills itself after a
few seconds. Once it dies, the desktop comes back. This is just a more
permanent freeze. I did wait a couple times but it never come back.
Working on a re-emerge to see if it corrects this issue.
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
