On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:46:56 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 04/07/12 01:12 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:10:24 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: >> >>> My desktop running Debian Sid just locked up for the 4th or 5th time >>> recently. >>> >>> There is nothing is the syslog...nothing in the xorg log. The >>> system >>> just locks changing what's on the screen to yellow tinged text. It >>> locks so tight that only a hard reset gets it back. Alt-SysReq does >>> nothing. >> >> (...) >> >> Can you still login from ssh? If so, X is crashing. > > > Yes, but nothing works
What do you mean by that? :-? Sure you can't get a full-featured environment when login from remote but the fact the kernel is still "alive" (accepting logins, network up...) it points to a less severe problem (xserver-xorg?). >> Also, if you can, try to load "vesa" or "fb" VGA driver instead >> "intel", although with KMS in place I don't know if this is still >> possible neither the steps to proceed. > > > I have done that - fbdev **seems** to run fine - except the mouse > cursor disappears at random. Ugh. But the issue with the screen freeze and the yellow text is not present with this driver, right? > Found it too annoying so went back to the Intel driver...and it hasn't > locked up yet today (crossed-fingers). Maybe an update in the middle? :-? > The Vesa driver is next to useless as it really doesn't like doing > anything more than 800x600. Yes, I know, the plain VGA drivers are close to useless nowadays but they still serve for testing purposes like this situation :-) >>> I am running an Intel D865GBF board, and Intel on-board video. >> >> That's an old motherboard, right? :-? > > > Yes, about 5 or 6 years old...but from prowling the net it seems > newer Intel boards aren't much better. I'd still like to hear advice on > the best/easiest video card to run. I ran Nvidia for a while but got > tired of constantly recompiling whenever a new kernel popped up. I'd > like something other than Nvidia. nVidia would be my personal choice but true is that when using sid the problem with the driver can be a headache because of the constant kernel updates (unless you can use module assistant or can be happy with nouveau, the open source driver). Other than nVidia there are ATI (which I don't like so much) and Matrox (but these cards are currently out of the 3D market and I don't know about their current linux support...). Anyway, I wouldn't give up with your current system. If finally is X that freezes, you can open a bug report or test with a different driver version (either downgrade from the current one or try to get the lastest from upstream sources). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jt280k$3jh$1...@dough.gmane.org
