On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 20:43 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > On 2012-06-16 19:49, Russel Winder wrote: > > Kernel 3.2.20-1 and NVIDIA drivers 295.59-1 exhibits the problem. Not > > always a total failure now sometimes a freeze. Logins via SSH continue > > to work so it is not a Linux freeze just an X freeze. > > > > I note that after a freeze I get masses of processes like: > > > > 25271 tty58 Ss+ 0:00 /usr/bin/Xorg :58 -br -verbose -novtswitch > > -auth /var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-8SFmTB/database -nolisten tcp > > Ah, that's gdm3 bug http://bugs.debian.org/650183 > Can you find the logfile (/var/log/Xorg.*.log*) that includes the time > of the "freeze" and crash and possible error messages, before gdm3 goes > havoc afterwards?
'Fraid not. I did a full clean out just after submitting the bug report update. I'll monitor things and see if I can get it to do the same again and report in when in happens – though on the other bug report as noted above. > Can you try switching to e.g. kdm or xdm and see if the problem goes > away. Or at least leaves you a usable logfile? > > > Given there are people out there not seeing this, I am beginning to > > wonder if the problem is a hardware fault with the graphics card rather > > than the kernel/driver/X combination. I shall get a new graphics card > > installed on 2012-07-01 and report in. > > Two possible things you could try: > * driver 302.11 from experimental (fixes a lot of bugs) > * Xorg from squeeze-backports I have installed the 302.11 stuff from experimental replacing all the 295.59 stuff from stable. Fairly quickly got the X termination and GDM3 restart. Didn't get GDM3 havoc though. I am rapidly pinning hopes on getting the workstation working usably again by getting in a second (newer) graphics card so as to be able to use the current one as an OpenCL/CUDE execution card. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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