try to lower it to vesafb or the fb equip. If it's not the video card driver, maybe some hardware gave up or nearly giving up. Or might be a file corruption, try fsck'ing partitions.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Greek Ordono <[email protected]> wrote: > > Try to use unichrome/openchrome driver or else stick with vesa. > > -- > Greek Ordono > myppa: > launchpad.net/~grexk/+archive/ppa<http://launchpad.net/%7Egrexk/+archive/ppa> > > --- On *Wed, 6/17/09, gillbates <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: gillbates <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] CentOS 4.7 hanging after logout > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" < > [email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 4:07 PM > > > I just checked /var/log/yum.log. No, there were no Xorg related packages in > the last yum update. There WERE some Xorg packages in the update before > last. The thing is, I don't recall using the logout feature until recently. > > Is there an easier fix than reinstall everything? It would be a good excuse > to upgrade to CentOS 5, except I don't really need or want to at this point. > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ronald Artos <[email protected]> > *To:* Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 17, 2009 16:43:34 > *Subject:* Re: [plug] CentOS 4.7 hanging after logout > > Might be the last update.. encountered that scenario before.. can't find a > cure so backup system config and migrate back to newly install system... > > Does the last update involved Xorg? > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:33 PM, gillbates > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Oh, I found the brand and model of the motherboard. It's MSI K8MM-V. I'm >> using the built-in video of the MSI K8MM-V. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* gillbates >> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> > >> *To:* Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List < >> [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 17, 2009 16:31:50 >> >> *Subject:* Re: [plug] CentOS 4.7 hanging after logout >> >> Thanks for replying Greek. I'm using the onboard video card. I think the >> driver should be unichrome(?) I installed the unichrome driver on it a long >> time ago. >> >> Is this the section I should be interested in? >> >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "Videocard0" >> Driver "via" >> VendorName "VIA Tech" >> BoardName "via" >> EndSection >> >> By the way, it used to work fine. It only started acting like this >> yesterday. Mind you, I don't log out a lot though. I usually start it up, >> leave it on for a long time, shut down (sometimes), or start it up after >> recovering from a power interruption (sometimes). The last thing I can >> remember doing that could've caused this is when I ran a "yum upgrade" and >> updated some packages at the same time. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Greek Ordono <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> > >> *To:* Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List < >> [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 17, 2009 14:47:47 >> *Subject:* Re: [plug] CentOS 4.7 hanging after logout >> >> >> Do you have correct driver for your video card in /etc/X11/xorg.conf? is >> your video card savage? >> >> -- >> Greek Ordono >> myppa: >> launchpad.net/~grexk/+archive/ppa<http://launchpad.net/%7Egrexk/+archive/ppa> >> >> --- On *Wed, 6/17/09, gillbates >> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> >* wrote: >> >> >> From: gillbates >> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> > >> Subject: [plug] CentOS 4.7 hanging after logout >> To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" < >> [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]>> >> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 12:55 PM >> >> Hello PLUG. I'm running CentOS 4.7. I'm having the following problem: >> >> On logging out from a GNOME session (Actions -> Log Out -> Log Out), the >> computer simply hangs. The Caps Lock and Scroll lock keys on the keyboard >> are flashing. I can ping it from another computer, but services like VNC and >> Webmin won't work anymore. >> >> What should I do to troubleshoot the issue? 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