On Tuesday 08 January 2002 15:41, you wrote: my guess is that it's a problem with the videocard drivers.... don't know how to solve it though. if you're just in a console your videocard is hardly using resources whilst being in a graphical mode it produces a lot of data interactivity
> -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 7:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Newbie]problems with 4.0.3 and i810 > > > I'm running into difficulties with X rebooting my machine. I'm running > > SuSE > > > 7.2 Personal, which is Kernel 2.4.4 and XFree86 4.0.3. I run into > > problems > > > shortly after starting X. Sometimes it's quick (10 seconds or so) and > > sometimes it's longer (2 minutes maybe), but it always reboots the > > machine. > what happens if you just boot to a console? does it still reboot > then? > > That is what is frustrating, the system seems to be fine in just a console > mode. I've compiled kernels and other programs just fine. I thought that > it might be a memory problem, so I tried to stress the system by compiling > the kernel in three seperate terminal sessions. No problem, just kept > right on working. If I just start X, and then switch to a console, I don't > seem to have any problems either (although this was really not truly > tested, I only worked for a short time and started a compile). It seems to > be linked to being in X and either moving the mouse or typing (both have > caused it). > > > If X just crashed, that would be understandable, but it boots the > > machine. > > this sounds a lot like a hardware problem. unices generally don't > spontaneously reboot. I've seen power problems do it tho. (I once saw a > machine that would spontaneously reboot if you slammed you fist down on the > table next to it). > > I suppose this is possible, but it doesn't seem to have any other problems, > and as much as I hate to say it, the machine is rock steady running Window > ME. Which of course sucks. :) > > Thanks, > Lee > > > > > > Carl Soderstrom. _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
