Hey Rodger,
I think your very first shot was on the target. I am using the
soft cursor option now. It did not lock even once after that. I have put
it into 150 MB of swap ( have 128 MB RAM ) and it did not complain at all
:). It was up for 2 full days and still no problems. I am quite happy and
hope that my happiness will stay. :)
Thanks to all of you for listening and helping. Now since all
seems to be well, I would be interested to know, why my machine locks up
with hardware cursor. Also performance wise I am not experiencing any issues
with soft cursor. Can anyone of you shed some light on the pitfalls or
advantages of running a sw cursor???
Regards,
Mukhben
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Williams, Rodger wrote:
> It sounds like it might be a hardware acceleration or a hardware cursor
> issue.
>
> Try disabling under section Device in the XF86Config file by adding the
> following:
>
> Option "hw_cursor" "False"
>
> Then reboot and start your gui.
>
> If it still locks up then add this
>
> Comment out the above like this:
>
> #Option "hw_cursor" "False"
>
> and then add
>
> Option "noaccel"
>
> Then reboot then reboot and start your gui.
>
> I have a C&T 69000 series chipset and the first option (if you can live with
> a software cursor) works fine for me.
>
> Rodger
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mukhben Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 8:01 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Xpert]X locks up the complete system
>
>
> Hey,
> Are you using the same hardware? I downloaded the Mandrake distro from
> their site and just installed. No compilations. When u encountered those
> lockups, did the mouse pointer also disappear??
> I think you can help me out on this. so please send in more details about
> ur situation....
> thanks.
> --Mukhben
>
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Geoffrey wrote:
>
> > FYI, I had similar problems with my athlon 1800 xp. I rebuilt the
> > kernel, (specific to this processor) and my problems are gone. Are you
> > running a stock MDK kernel? I'm on 9.0 as well.
> >
> > Mukhben Singh wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I am running Mandrake 9.0 distro and the X server 4.2.1 which came with
> > > it. The problem is that, after using X for some time, my system locks up
> > > completely. I mean no key combination works. No not even the Magic
> Sysrq.
> > > The only option is a hard reset.
> > > The symptoms:
> > > 1. Mouse pointer disappears.
> > > 2. No common action ( that means, I can't recreate it
> > > intentionally. )
> > > 3. Occurs irrespective of GUI. KDE, Gnome all the same.
> > > 4. Complete system freeze.
> > > 5. May occur within minutes after the boot or after hours.
> > >
> > > What I have done:
> > > 1. Executed memtest yesterday and quit it in the 4th round since
> > > it did not show any errors.
> > > 2. Downloaded and installed the latest drivers/modules for my card
> > > (sis_drv.o and sis_dri.so )
> > > 3. Tried increasing the graphics shared memory in bios.
> > > 4. Searched for IRQ conflicts but could not find any.
> > > 5. Disabled v4l in Xfreeconfig file.
> > > 6. Tried disabling glx too. but no change.
> > >
> > > The setup:
> > > 1. AMD Duron 800 Mhz.
> > > 2. 128 MB SDRAM.
> > > 3. K7SEM MoBo. Onboard audio and 3D acceleration. SiS730S chipset.
> > > 4. External conventional modem.
> > > 5. LG studioworks 56i 15 inch monitor.
> > > 6. 20 GB western digital HDD.
> > > 7. CD ROM and floppy drives.
> > >
> > > When the system is working it works like anything. I mean no cokplains
> as
> > > long as it is up. Audio is fine. mouse movements and all. everything is
> > > perfect. But only till the system comes to a complete halt. :(.
> > > Please guide me. Its getting on my nerves. By the way, the resolution is
> > > 1024x768 @ 16 bpp.
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot.
> > > Regards,
> > > Mukhben
> > >
> > >
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> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> > to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
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