generic wrote: > Hi, I recently installed Mandrake 8.1 on my Dell Lattitude C800 > laptop, and occasionally (once out of every 5 or 6 times) when I log-out > from the X-session (in either KDE or in Gnome), the screen begins > to turn all white, and the computer locks up hard ... and then after > about 30 seconds or so, it powers off! When I reapply power, a message > eventually appears claiming that /dev/hda9 (my "/" partition) was not > cleanly unmounted, so a check is forced.
I learned that on a laptop it's a good idea to have a journaling filesystem installed. Much less pain on a hard shutdown. > > Also, I select "Dell|Dell 1280X Laptop Display Panel" as my type of > monitor using XFdrake & 1280x1024 16bpp resolution. During install > of Mandrake 8.1, I used the suggested XFree86 4.1.0 w/ acceleration > for my server. Might want try the the generic 1280x1024 laptop display settings. They seem to quite well ( or at least on my A22p with the Rage chip.) -randy
