Hey, Are you using the same hardware? I downloaded the Mandrake distro from their site and just installed. No compilations. When u encountered those lockups, did the mouse pointer also disappear?? I think you can help me out on this. so please send in more details about ur situation.... thanks. --Mukhben
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Geoffrey wrote: > FYI, I had similar problems with my athlon 1800 xp. I rebuilt the > kernel, (specific to this processor) and my problems are gone. Are you > running a stock MDK kernel? I'm on 9.0 as well. > > Mukhben Singh wrote: > > Hi, > > I am running Mandrake 9.0 distro and the X server 4.2.1 which came with > > it. The problem is that, after using X for some time, my system locks up > > completely. I mean no key combination works. No not even the Magic Sysrq. > > The only option is a hard reset. > > The symptoms: > > 1. Mouse pointer disappears. > > 2. No common action ( that means, I can't recreate it > > intentionally. ) > > 3. Occurs irrespective of GUI. KDE, Gnome all the same. > > 4. Complete system freeze. > > 5. May occur within minutes after the boot or after hours. > > > > What I have done: > > 1. Executed memtest yesterday and quit it in the 4th round since > > it did not show any errors. > > 2. Downloaded and installed the latest drivers/modules for my card > > (sis_drv.o and sis_dri.so ) > > 3. Tried increasing the graphics shared memory in bios. > > 4. Searched for IRQ conflicts but could not find any. > > 5. Disabled v4l in Xfreeconfig file. > > 6. Tried disabling glx too. but no change. > > > > The setup: > > 1. AMD Duron 800 Mhz. > > 2. 128 MB SDRAM. > > 3. K7SEM MoBo. Onboard audio and 3D acceleration. SiS730S chipset. > > 4. External conventional modem. > > 5. LG studioworks 56i 15 inch monitor. > > 6. 20 GB western digital HDD. > > 7. CD ROM and floppy drives. > > > > When the system is working it works like anything. I mean no cokplains as > > long as it is up. Audio is fine. mouse movements and all. everything is > > perfect. But only till the system comes to a complete halt. :(. > > Please guide me. Its getting on my nerves. By the way, the resolution is > > 1024x768 @ 16 bpp. > > > > Thanks a lot. > > Regards, > > Mukhben > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xpert mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > > > > > -- > Until later: Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen > to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)? > > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
