Re: My X freezes on cold days - how to get back control

2022-12-19 Thread Ram Ramesh
Hi,   When left overnight in dpms state, my Xorg stays in that stateignoring any key inputs when I attempt to use the system next daymorning.  This happens only when the overnight temps go low enough totrigger some issue. I can login remotely, but cannot kill Xorg with anyof the known signals

Re: My X freezes on cold days - how to get back control

2022-12-18 Thread Ram Ramesh
This sounds suspiciously like a hardware issue: a loose connector or a loose IC in its socket. I'd shut the thing down, and remove and re-insert every connector. If that doesn't work, do the same, and open up the case and re-seat cards, ICs, and cables. I'd also tighten up any screws. I thought

Re: My X freezes on cold days - how to get back control

2022-12-18 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:55:59 -0600 Ram Ramesh wrote: >   When left overnight in dpms state, my Xorg stays in that state > ignoring any key inputs when I attempt to use the system next day > morning.  This happens only when the overnight temps go low enough to > trigger some issue. This sound

My X freezes on cold days - how to get back control

2022-12-18 Thread Ram Ramesh
Hi,   When left overnight in dpms state, my Xorg stays in that state ignoring any key inputs when I attempt to use the system next day morning.  This happens only when the overnight temps go low enough to trigger some issue. I can login remotely, but cannot kill Xorg with any of the known sig

Re: X freezes with 2.6.32-5; okay with 2.6.26-2

2010-05-23 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 08:42 -0500, Kent West wrote: > I've got an older 600MHz PIII running Sid; if I boot into the > installed 2.6.26-2-68 kernel, everything's fine, but if I boot into > the installed 2.6.32-5-68 kernel, everything's fine until X is > started (either manually or with a session m

Re: X freezes with 2.6.32-5; okay with 2.6.26-2

2010-05-22 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-05-13 08:42:09 -0500, Kent West wrote: > I've got an older 600MHz PIII running Sid; if I boot into the > installed 2.6.26-2-68 kernel, everything's fine, but if I boot into > the installed 2.6.32-5-68 kernel, everything's fine until X is > started (either manually or with a session manager

Re: X freezes with 2.6.32-5; okay with 2.6.26-2

2010-05-22 Thread Arthur Marsh
Kent West wrote, on 13/05/10 23:12: I've got an older 600MHz PIII running Sid; if I boot into the installed 2.6.26-2-68 kernel, everything's fine, but if I boot into the installed 2.6.32-5-68 kernel, everything's fine until X is started (either manually or with a session manager or even when tryi

X freezes with 2.6.32-5; okay with 2.6.26-2

2010-05-13 Thread Kent West
I've got an older 600MHz PIII running Sid; if I boot into the installed 2.6.26-2-68 kernel, everything's fine, but if I boot into the installed 2.6.32-5-68 kernel, everything's fine until X is started (either manually or with a session manager or even when trying to create a new xorg.conf file

Re: X freezes

2009-06-24 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
Just upgraded to kernel 2.6.30 and now at least I get X, and it seems to be a bit faster then the 2.6.26 kernel, so I am happy at the moment. Seems there was some bug in 2.6.29 that caused the intel driver to mailfunction for my graphics card, but it is fixed now hopefully. Cheers Oli -- To U

Re: X freezes

2009-06-23 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:37:22PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:36:40 +, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote: > > Hey all > > > > When booting using kernel 2.6.29 my X freezes > > Does the rest of the system still work when that happens? (e.

Re: X freezes

2009-06-23 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:36:40 +, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote: > Hey all > > When booting using kernel 2.6.29 my X freezes Does the rest of the system still work when that happens? (e.g. VT switch, ssh, ALT-SysRq) > but no

Re: X freezes after switching back from a VT

2006-05-15 Thread Chris Howie
Chris Howie wrote: > The output of `lspci -v` is attached. Or not. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--) b-

X freezes after switching back from a VT

2006-05-15 Thread Chris Howie
I've installed debian in a server environment using testing. (Spare the use-stable-for-servers rhetoric, it's a test server.) Kdm starts fine, but if I switch to a VT and then back to X, only junk shows up on the screen, and X does not respond to CTRL+ALT+anything, meaning the box is locked. (Th

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:34:24AM +0100, Thomas Adam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > --- "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Typically, X freezes. Mouse responds, but keyboard doesn't, including > > modifier keys such as capslock, numlock, and

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
and 11th (three times). Prior to that, 6/27, 6/9, and 6/4. > > > > I'm a bit concerned about thermal damage as the system runs in a warmish > > ambient environment (95°F/35°C), and does periodically overheat and > > lock. Graphics is integrated to the Mobo. > &g

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-12 Thread Greg Folkert
a warmish > ambient environment (95°F/35°C), and does periodically overheat and > lock. Graphics is integrated to the Mobo. > > > > Typically, X freezes. Mouse responds, but keyboard doesn't, including > modifier keys such as capslock, numlock, and scroll/lock. &g

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:34:24AM +0100, Thomas Adam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > --- "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I get this, and there is various bug reports for the 'xserver-xfree86' > package that allude to the symptoms descibed, but none that says it all. > chvt() calls

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-12 Thread Thomas Adam
--- "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Typically, X freezes. Mouse responds, but keyboard doesn't, including > modifier keys such as capslock, numlock, and scroll/lock. > doesn't take me to a console. I get this, and there is various bug report

X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
. 'last' shows system boots on the 8th, 10th (twice) and 11th (three times). Prior to that, 6/27, 6/9, and 6/4. I'm a bit concerned about thermal damage as the system runs in a warmish ambient environment (95°F/35°C), and does periodically overheat and lock. Graphics is integrate

Re: X freezes System ? [SOLVED]

2001-12-23 Thread Martin Emrich
I finally mad it. It didn't like neither the kernel-framebuffer-device nor the APIC stuff. One Kernel-compiling and several XF86config hacks later, it finally works... Martin Jerome Acks Jr wrote: Martin Emrich wrote: Hi ! I'm running sid very sucessfully on my laptop for some weeks now

Re: X freezes System ?

2001-12-23 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
Martin Emrich wrote: Hi ! I'm running sid very sucessfully on my laptop for some weeks now, so I decided to give it a try on my deskop PC. So I installed potato, added the unstable/testing sources and did "apt-get dist-upgrade", added packages until apt-get did not complain anymore... th

X freezes System ?

2001-12-23 Thread Martin Emrich
Hi ! I'm running sid very sucessfully on my laptop for some weeks now, so I decided to give it a try on my deskop PC. So I installed potato, added the unstable/testing sources and did "apt-get dist-upgrade", added packages until apt-get did not complain anymore... then, I compiled my 2.4.1

Re: X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-26 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
Stephen Gran saw fit to inform me that: >> Thanks a lot for the link. I am using Kernel 2.4.9 however I have got XFree >> 4.0.2. At present I cannot upgrade to 4.1.x. Hence I downloaded the tarball >> file from the above link. How should I compile this ? No INSTALL file with >> this. Can u help me

Re: X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-25 Thread Stephen Gran
> Thanks a lot for the link. I am using Kernel 2.4.9 however I have got XFree > 4.0.2. At present I cannot upgrade to 4.1.x. Hence I downloaded the tarball > file from the above link. How should I compile this ? No INSTALL file with > this. Can u help me out ? bunzip2 drm-4.0.x.tar.bz2|tar -xvvf r

Re: X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-25 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
Stephen Gran saw fit to inform me that: >Oh - a note to others with similar problems - 2.4.9 no longer supports >drm for XFree 4.0.x (only 4.1), so you have to download the drm for 4.0.x >at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/drm-4.0.x.tar.bz2 and >replace the directory drivers/char/drm

Re: X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-24 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake Karsten M. Self: > on Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 09:22:57AM -0400, Steve Gran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm still trying to chase down some freezes on my box. For sake of > > clarity, I'll try to give the relevant details all at once. About a > > week and a half ago, I

Re: X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-11 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 09:22:57AM -0400, Steve Gran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all, > I'm still trying to chase down some freezes on my box. For sake of > clarity, I'll try to give the relevant details all at once. About a > week and a half ago, I started having total lockups on my box w

Re: X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-10 Thread Stephen Gran
On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 03:12:40PM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > Has the problem stuck with you when you attempted an upgrade or > downgrade of x? I'm runnig testing, and this is the latest version of X available under testing. I'm not quite willing yet to move into unstable - I think I'm

Re: X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-10 Thread Michael Heldebrant
Has the problem stuck with you when you attempted an upgrade or downgrade of x? --mike On 10 Aug 2001 16:05:43 -0400, Stephen Gran wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 08:47:30AM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > What do you mean when you say you are running both enlightenment and > > sawfish? Ar

Re: X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-10 Thread Stephen Gran
On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 08:47:30AM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > What do you mean when you say you are running both enlightenment and > sawfish? Are both trying to seize control of X? Or are both installed > and you choose which to run based upon config files? > --mike Sorry about that - I s

Re: X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-10 Thread Michael Heldebrant
What do you mean when you say you are running both enlightenment and sawfish? Are both trying to seize control of X? Or are both installed and you choose which to run based upon config files? --mike On 10 Aug 2001 09:22:57 -0400, Steve Gran wrote: > Hello all, > I'm still trying to chase down som

X freezes (was XMMS hanging system?)

2001-08-10 Thread Steve Gran
Hello all, I'm still trying to chase down some freezes on my box. For sake of clarity, I'll try to give the relevant details all at once. About a week and a half ago, I started having total lockups on my box while running X. It's never happened outside of X, and at first it only seemed to happen

X freezes, keyboard error?

2000-01-18 Thread Sven Esbjerg
Hi I just ran an upgrade on the potato packages (as I do every night) and got a lot of new packages. Everything seemed to be fine until gdm started. X froze and I was unable to change to another console. I decided to remove gdm from another machine and start X from xinit. It froze again. I killed

Re: X freezes!

1999-04-29 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (W. Paul Mills) writes: | Stefano Stabilini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > I am a brand newbie to Linux. | > | > I followed Debian's slink 2.1 standard installation and used dselect | > afterwards to add X server and clients. Linux sits on my first hd in | > partitions hda3 (lin

Re: X freezes!

1999-04-29 Thread W. Paul Mills
Stefano Stabilini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --D78322D6E3F8F4EE1691F9D4 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I am a brand newbie to Linux. > > I followed Debian's slink 2.1 standard instal

X freezes!

1999-04-29 Thread Stefano Stabilini
I am a brand newbie to Linux. I followed Debian's slink 2.1 standard installation and used dselect afterwards to add X server and clients. Linux sits on my first hd in partitions hda3 (linux) and hda4 (swap), the first two partitions are Dos16-big and host win 95. I successfully configured LILO so

X freezes!

1999-04-28 Thread Stefano Stabilini
I am a brand newbie to Linux. I followed Debian's slink 2.1 standard installation and used dselect afterwards to add X server and clients. Linux sits on my first hd in partitions hda3 (linux) and hda4 (swap), the first two partitions are Dos16-big and host win 95. I successfully configured LILO so