Re: X crashes if I'm idle

[Marsh]

i.a.uemlianin X is in VESA mode, as the Thinkpad has unsupported
i.a.uemlianin Radeon video.

I have a Toshiba Satellite 1115-S103 with the unsupported Radeon chip
set as well.  So, I'm stuck with e VESA driver :P, but at least it works
well enough.  I'm going to try X 4.2 when I get some spare time.

i.a.uemlianin If I'm in X (Gnome) and I'm idle for a while (10
i.a.uemlianin mins?) X crashes. 

I had a similar problem on my Satellite.  It turned out that DPMS was
the culpret.  My X would crash every 20 minutes precisely.  This turns
out to be the exact value of the DPMS Standby parameter in the
XF86Config-4 file.  Anyway I simply commented out DPMS and X stays up
now. 


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Re: X crashes if I'm idle

[Paulo Lopes]

Ivan Uemlianin wrote:


Dear All

I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 on an IBM Thinkpad A31p.

X is in VESA mode, as the Thinkpad has unsupported Radeon video.

If I'm in X (Gnome) and I'm idle for a while (10 mins?) X crashes.  
The error messages seem to be to do with trying to run a screensaver.  
Now, I have xscreensaver installed, but opening Gnome Control Center's 
screensaver tab causes X to crash instantly.  Same thing happens when 
xscreensaver is not installed.  I'm happy not to have a screensaver, 
and/or for the screen to just go blank like it does when in console mode.

Hi,

I had the same problem and i think i've fixed it. My laptop is a Clevo 
2700C with a SiS 630s core, and my debian is Woody 3.0r1 with 
security.debian.org updates and kde3.0.5a from kde and XFree86 4.2.1.

What i've done:

Recompiled the kernel without any BIOS support:

CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT=y

I've setup my APM like this:

CONFIG_PM=y
# CONFIG_ACPI is not set
CONFIG_APM=y
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
# CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set

and my processor setup is like this:

#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII=y
# CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
# CONFIG_MK7 is not set
# CONFIG_MELAN is not set
# CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
# CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
# CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK is not set
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
# CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
# CONFIG_I8K is not set
# CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
# CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
# CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y

After this, my KDE never crashed anymore when it went idle.

Hope it helps you.

Bye,
Paulo Lopes.


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X crashes if I'm idle

[Ivan Uemlianin]

Dear All

I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 on an IBM Thinkpad A31p.

X is in VESA mode, as the Thinkpad has unsupported Radeon video.

If I'm in X (Gnome) and I'm idle for a while (10 mins?) X crashes.  The 
error messages seem to be to do with trying to run a screensaver.  Now, 
I have xscreensaver installed, but opening Gnome Control Center's 
screensaver tab causes X to crash instantly.  Same thing happens when 
xscreensaver is not installed.  I'm happy not to have a screensaver, 
and/or for the screen to just go blank like it does when in console mode.

- Can I set up X to go 'blank screen' for its screensaver?

- Am I barking up the wrong tree?

Thanks

Ivan



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