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hanging linux

by kevin.paetzold

I recently saw comments on this list about kernels that hang. Indeed that was/is true for fedora 14. The symptoms I saw were essentially a frozen screen with no mouse pointer etc... In my case I would actually have to power cycle (actually pulling the ac plug) my dell pc to reboot it. In my case I believe that the bug (in fedora land) was bz667459. see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667459 I was a comments in this bug pointed me at a bug fix kernel "vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-75.bz667459.fc14.i686". This kernel resolved the problem. By the way, I have now upgraded (on friday) to vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-75.bz667459.fc14.i686 from koji which has also been stable.

Jan. 17, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Any idea where to find a job?

by Jason Couture

Id like to thank everyone for their help and suggestions. I just realized I hadn't. The hunt continues, so if anyone happens to hear anything, please let me know. Sent from my android wireless device. On Dec 23, 2010 3:40 PM, "Jason Couture" <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: I should also mention that I have limited experience troubleshooting and repairing Gilbarco Eclipse/Encore 500's, Systech serial port servers, and InCon TS-1001/2002. -- Jason Couture -- This message is intended to be viewed only by the listed recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message without the permission of the sender is strictly prohibited. If you are not one of the listed recipients, or you suspect you have received this communication in error, please do not read it; notify sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete the original message and any copies. On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Jason Couture <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Any it positio...

Jan. 16, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Unstable Linux in recent releases

by Jorden Mauro

Andy, Try the blob driver, also try using an older driver (free or nonfree), and also make sure to try an older kernel. There are always regressions. On Jan 16, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > On 01/16/2011 06:25 AM, Jason Couture wrote: >> Have you tried the nonfree nvidia drivers? Or perhaps the free ones >> if >> the nonfree are in use? > > Hi Jason, > > My graphics chip is the ATI Radeon RV280 (Radeon 9200 PRO), and it is > running the Free Software driver. There is nothing proprietary in use > for the video. I don't generally like to use the proprietary drivers, > but perhaps I could try it to see if it makes any difference. > > Thanks, > > Andy > > -- > Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) > Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group > Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group > President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 16, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Unstable Linux in recent releases

by Adam Keck

Andy, I would suspect the ATI drivers as the source of your instability. I have been having a lot of trouble with Kubuntu 10.10 on my T60 at work. While I haven't had full interface freezes, I get severe artifacting with an external monitor and have had random X crashes and application lockups. This solution cleared some things up for me, but it breaks setting the resolution via the preference pane: http://www.niccolofavari.com/ubuntu-10.04-lucid-issues-with-external-monito… -Adam On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net>wrote: > On 01/16/2011 06:25 AM, Jason Couture wrote: > > Have you tried the nonfree nvidia drivers? Or perhaps the free ones if > > the nonfree are in use? > > Hi Jason, > > My graphics chip is the ATI Radeon RV280 (Radeon 9200 PRO), and it is > running the Free Software driver. There is nothing proprietary in use > for the video. I don't generally like to use the proprietary drivers, > but perhaps I could try it to see if it makes any difference. > > Thanks, > > Andy > > -- > Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) > Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group > Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group > President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 16, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Unstable Linux in recent releases

by Jason Couture

Andy, I'm sorry, I got the emails mixed up. It could be a driver issue, but I only suspect that due to the freezing under heavy video load. Could I also suggest trying a different video card to eliminate hardware issues? The video card may have started to fail as you switched distros, unlikely but possible? Sent from my android wireless device. On Jan 16, 2011 8:47 AM, "Andy Stewart" <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: On 01/16/2011 06:25 AM, Jason Couture wrote: > Have you tried the nonfree nvidia drivers? Or perhaps... Hi Jason, My graphics chip is the ATI Radeon RV280 (Radeon 9200 PRO), and it is running the Free Software driver. There is nothing proprietary in use for the video. I don't generally like to use the proprietary drivers, but perhaps I could try it to see if it makes any difference. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsf... Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 16, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Unstable Linux in recent releases

by Andy Stewart

On 01/16/2011 06:25 AM, Jason Couture wrote: > Have you tried the nonfree nvidia drivers? Or perhaps the free ones if > the nonfree are in use? Hi Jason, My graphics chip is the ATI Radeon RV280 (Radeon 9200 PRO), and it is running the Free Software driver. There is nothing proprietary in use for the video. I don't generally like to use the proprietary drivers, but perhaps I could try it to see if it makes any difference. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

Jan. 16, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Unstable Linux in recent releases

by Jason Couture

Have you tried the nonfree nvidia drivers? Or perhaps the free ones if the nonfree are in use? Sent from my android wireless device. On Jan 16, 2011 4:22 AM, "David P. Connell" <davec99(a)charter.net> wrote: It seems to me from reading and from experience that there is some problem with 10.10 (for me with MythBuntu) and it does seem to center around video and I am not using wireless at all on the several configurations of hardware that I've tried (nothing very new HT P4's and 5200 series NVidia graphics, but always worked great prior to this). I am not very experienced so I can't offer anything but this anecdotal evidence. -- David P. Connell "Watch where you're going; remember where you've been." _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wl...

Jan. 16, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Unstable Linux in recent releases

by Jason Couture

Recent kernel/HAL upgrades have caused gentoo to not see my keyboard. I have to boot older kernels to get it working. Could be a problem with my kernel configuration though. Sent from my android wireless device. On Jan 16, 2011 4:22 AM, "David P. Connell" <davec99(a)charter.net> wrote: It seems to me from reading and from experience that there is some problem with 10.10 (for me with MythBuntu) and it does seem to center around video and I am not using wireless at all on the several configurations of hardware that I've tried (nothing very new HT P4's and 5200 series NVidia graphics, but always worked great prior to this). I am not very experienced so I can't offer anything but this anecdotal evidence. -- David P. Connell "Watch where you're going; remember where you've been." _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wl...

Jan. 16, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Unstable Linux in recent releases

by David P. Connell

It seems to me from reading and from experience that there is some problem with 10.10 (for me with MythBuntu) and it does seem to center around video and I am not using wireless at all on the several configurations of hardware that I've tried (nothing very new HT P4's and 5200 series NVidia graphics, but always worked great prior to this). I am not very experienced so I can't offer anything but this anecdotal evidence. -- David P. Connell "Watch where you're going; remember where you've been."

Jan. 16, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Unstable Linux in recent releases

by James Gray

Funny, I've had crashes on and off for a while now. However, I believe it is related to my wireless driver (ironically ath5k, perhaps if I get newer drivers it will fix the problem?). I have the driver unloaded for a week and no problems. In another week I'll feel safe concluding it was the driver. I have another computer that sometimes crashes during shutdown right before power off. It doesn't hurt anything except that I have to press the power button - so I don't much care. I haven't had any problems with any of my other systems (all running *ubuntu 10.04) nor heard any complaints about the new *ubuntu 10.10 crashing. I think it pays to stick with the long term support releases as they are supposed to be more stable - 8.04 and 10.04. Probably doesn't help much, just thinking our loud. On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > On 01/15/2011 09:20 PM, Eric Martin wrote: >> I had a problem a while ago and most of the folks here told me it was >> probably my wireless drivers. Since I've switched to the ath5k FOSS >> drivers as opposed to madwifi I've had no problems so I'm inclined to >> think that was the problem. If you're running wireless, try leaving it >> up overnight with the wireless drivers unloaded. > > HI Eric, > > The computer in question is my server, which doesn't have wireless. It > has been a rock for 4-5 years (until I upgraded to Kubuntu 10.10). > > I'll keep googling and if I find something, I'll let everybody know. > > Thanks, > > Andy > > -- > Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) > Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group > Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group > President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 16, 2011