Thanks for all that. I am on standby at the moment to see if it freezes again as it has not for the past week - hoping it has magically corrected itself! but great to know how I can get to the command post.
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:30:29 +0000 > From: jbow...@gmail.com > To: dialogue_qu...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 502055] Re: [i82845G/GL Brookdale-G] Screen freeze after while > of working > > I can confirm this problem, I'm experiencing the same symptoms on a dell > dimension 2350 with a pentium 4 2.0 MHz, same chipset, karmic, etc. > > Reinstalling does not fix the problem, but using the older (2.4) intel > xorg driver significantly helped. My processor usage dropped from about > 90% while watching movies to about 50% (which is still too much) after > changing drivers, but I still can't watch hulu (very choppy). > > here's a link: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4 > > Also if your screen does freeze do this: > 1) press control, alt, and f2 > 2) you'll come to a black screen that says your computer name and login (e.g. > 'computer name' login:) > i) login in with your user name and then enter your password > 3) then when you've reached the command line enter: > i) sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart > ii) enter your password > > This should bring your screen back. > > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation > 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) > Subsystem: Dell Device 0147 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 > Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] > Capabilities: <access denied> > Kernel driver in use: i915 > Kernel modules: i915 > > -- > [i82845G/GL Brookdale-G] Screen freeze after while of working > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/502055 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > > > This bug was reported previously and relates to bug number 497179 with the > following details: > > DETAILS: Hi, hope someone can help out. I have Ubuntu 9.10 upgraded from 9.04 > and running dual boot parallel with XP Windows (which is not experiencing the > same problem, so not a hardware fault). I start up and work for awhile and > eventually the screen stops responding to the cursor, so I have to switch off > power and reboot to continue. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can fix > this problem? > > The source package (as I understand it) is to do with this upgraded version. > 1) the release is currently 9.10 > 2) the response to this command is 'W: Unable to locate package packagename'. > I don't know what to check for in Synaptic?? > > INTERRUPTION!! - the screen keeps freezing as I attempt to complete this > information so I will send now and add to it later if I can. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Fri Jan 1 20:34:55 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp > Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic > SourcePackage: yelp > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686 > XsessionErrors: > (gnome-settings-daemon:1540): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion > `src != NULL' failed > (gnome-settings-daemon:1540): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion > `src != NULL' failed > (nautilus:1629): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion > `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed > (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1651): GLib-CRITICAL **: > g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed > (gnome-panel:1587): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to > allocate widget with width -3 and height 24 > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/502055/+subscribe _________________________________________________________________ Video chat with Windows Live Messenger Learn how http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/messenger/article/870686/video-chat-with-messenger -- [i82845G/GL Brookdale-G] Screen freeze after while of working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/502055 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
