Here's the output of 'cat /proc/interrupts':
CPU0
0: 292030 XT-PIC timer
1: 17307 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 140718 XT-PIC 3c589_cs, serial
5: 1 XT-PIC soundblaster
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
12: 11074 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 10334 XT-PIC ide0
NMI: 0
It seems that this is not an interrupt problem. Maybe this is an X problem, because
it usually seems to lock up when I am doing GUI things such as scrolling, opening a
menu, or switching browser windows. In fact it locked for the first time when I was
not online. I am running XFree86 3.3.6. Do you think that 4.0.1 would fix the
problem? I have been reluctant to try it up to this point as I heard it is buggy.
Also, does anyone know why /proc/interrupts reports a 3c589_cs when I have a 3CXEM556
modem/lan card? Please forgive my ignorance as this is the first laptop I have owned
and I am not familiar with how PCMCIA works.
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From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 15:32:59 -0700
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Subject: Re: [expert] laptop hangs while online
I had a problem like that when I first tried running Linux on my LapTop. It
turned out to be a conflict of IRQ's and memory addresses. Especially with my
sound card. run "cat /proc/interrupts" to see what IRQ's you are using and also
try "cat /proc/ioports" to see if you have conflicts with memory addresses.
Good Luck
Don ....
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> My Gateway Solo laptop consistently hangs while online. This has happened with both
>Netscape and kfm under KDE. Once the machine hangs it will not respond to any key or
>the mouse and I have to hit the power button. I believe it has to do with either the
>PCMCIA driver, or X. Does anyone have any idea about this? Thanks in advance.
>
> Scott Rainaldo
>
> Here are my laptop specs:
> Gateway Solo
> Pentium 133Mhz
> 56M
> 3Com 3CXEM556 LAN+modem PCMCIA card
>
> Here is my software:
> Linux Mandrake 7.1
> Netscape 4.73
> PCMCIA 3.1.14
> XFree86 3.3.6
> kdebase 1.1.2-61mdk
> kdenetwork 1.1.2-17mdk
> ppp 2.3.11-7mdk
>
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