It happens whether or not I'm playing a video. Most of the videos I
watch are not flash videos. They're mostly avi files with xvid, but
some were mpeg1 or mpeg2. I used vlc to play them.
On 11/10/2011 16:32, Dazed_75 wrote:
All of your issues sound like they happen when playing videos. Is
that true or are there other times as well?
As far as what else it could be, there could be lots of possibilities
but they might be hard to track down to elements that are common to
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Fedora. If it is localized to playing videos, I
would certainly be suspicious of the command line based underpinnings
the players might use. Oh, and are the videos Flash based or not?
If you are coming to the meeting tonight and can come to the
restaurant after, someone there may be able to help.
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Derek Trotter
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 11/10/2011 16:10, Dazed_75 wrote:
Try looking to see if you are using the open source generic
nvidia driver or the proprietary one. I am not sure where that
is in the Kubuntu menus but look for something in System, or
Administration with a name that is probably something about
Hardware. It should run a program that looks to see if there are
proprietary drivers you might choose to use.
When I first installed the os I noticed the problem with the
driver it came with. I checked and found where it suggested a
proprietary driver and offered one other. I chose the one that
was recommended. The bug showed itself with the driver that came
with the install and the one I installed later.
I AM curious though if you have some particular reason for
suspecting it is due to you having that video card since a screen
freeze could be something above the driver level.
I've had that card for about 2 years while the machine was running
XP and didn't have this problem. It only showed itself after I
installed the latest Ubuntu and Kubuntu version as well as the
other latest linux flavors I mentioned earlier. Fedora 15 was the
worst. It would freeze the screen as soon as I started playing a
video. The others would let me watch at least for a few minutes
before the screen froze.
Also if it's not a driver problem, what else could it be?
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Derek Trotter
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I have an NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS card that plugs into a PCI
slot. I have no problems with it in XP, but when I installed
Kubuntu 11.10 I found a problem. Occasionally the screen
freezes. I can't switch to a console. Also I can't kill the
x server. I know the machine has not completely locked up
because when I have audio playing, it keeps playing even
though the screen has frozen. None of the usual means to
shut down a machine work. The only thing I can do is hit the
reset button, press the power switch for several seconds
until the machine shuts off, or pull the plug. I've
encountered this on Ubuntu 11.10, Kubuntu 11.10, Mepis 11 and
Fedora 15. I installed the LTS verson of Kubuntu 10 and
haven't had any problems with it. Does anyone have any idea
what's going on or how to fix it?
Thanks
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