koffiejunkie wrote: > Jim Sabatke wrote: >> I can't seem to get a stable 10.2 system running on one of my boxes. >> I've tried both the 32 and 64 bit versions. Both seemingly randomly >> lock whenever I access my user's home directory. Also, there are >> random lockups of the taskbar. >> > Do the freezes occur if you stop xdm and fiddle around in the > console? I had similar problems with 10.2 and it turned out to be > caused by the ATi driver. I rolled it back a couple of versions (to > 8.28 if I remember correctly) to get a stable system. No, console mode seems to work fine. > >> Oh, maybe this will help; on the advice of this email list, I put an >> NVidia card into a slot because I couldn't get my ATI card to recognize >> my widescreen monitor, but the ATI remains in the box because it's >> built into the motherboard. >> > > You could always copy the screen settings from xorg.conf and adapt it > for the ATi card. That's what I used to do. You didn't say if you > had the freezing problem with the ATi card or if it is just with the > nVidia card. If it's just with the nVidia card, this might be a > solution. > The ATI card is on the motherboard so I don't have any way (that I know of) to get the nVidia only running. Adding an nVidia card was a recommendation from this list, and under 10.0 it worked fine. I couldn't get my widescreen monitor working under ATI and any of their drivers. I kept ending up with a blank or random noise screen with ATI. I The nVidia card worked fine under 10.0.
Thanks for responding. BTW, if I run "lsof -b" when the system is misbehaving, I see a LOT of missing or unknown files. I'll publish a short set of those here if I manage to be in a mode to get them again. Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
