Only for a few days this machine has been locking up once in a while
while reading gmail. This could be a pretty particular bug, but I
thought I'd ask here if anyone recognizes any of this.
-mga driver --- matrox mistique
-e17
-recent xorg updates:
xorg-server
xorg-x11
xf86-input-mouse
xf86-input-keyboard
-often or always with gmail
-firefox or galeon as the browser
These lockups occur when scrolling, either wth the wheel or the sidebar.
Often or usually or always with gmail, scrolling the folderlist.
I had applied a fix of the mga drivers for this card, a very old pci
card, as recommended by Hans-Werner Hilse on teh gentoo-user list in
November 2005. This fix seems to take care of scrolling issues for
this card, and I have had to apply it every time xf86-mga-driver is
updated or recompiled, during the compilation stage.
I think this unofficial fix may have finally become incompatible with
something, as when I have recompiled the mga drivers without this fix,
the lock up is not happening.
Time for a new video card? Or can I eke another few months out of this one?
Alan Davis
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More options 11/20/05
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