On 08/13/2010 01:26 PM, Mark Styles wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 08:49:34AM -0400, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: >> If using nvidia also optionally completely >> remove and reinstall the nouveau free drivers and try that, see: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/NvidiaDriverSwitching > I tried doing this, and it went into low-graphics mode, with an error > that it couldn't load nvidia, so I've re-installed nvidia for now. I > also have two monitors which may complicate things. > > Next thing to try is some of the power management suggestions from > Jeremy. >
I ran into similar issue about 6 months ago with the accelerated ATI driver. My video card is on-board, which I think is mostly to blame as mb mfgers often "tweak and twist" the controllers firmware code to get them to work. I switched to the opensource driver which was a lot slower, but no more hanging when I'd switch to console mode. Do you use the blank screen screensaver? I was using that, and when the video card would try to switch... dead in the water. I had other issues mainly shutting down once I was in graphics mode, it never wanted to release graphics mode. The driver has been updated and I switched to the accelerated one last month and its been flawless so far. (knocking on wood) What occurs during suspend mode - does it swap to video modes? Try forcing suspend while sitting at keyboard to see if thats the issue. I'd try forcing screensaver to go active to see if releases when deactivated. Try using the os nividia driver to see if they is an issue with the commercial driver. How are your hard drives? Any bad blocks? Rich _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
