Duncan wrote:
So make sure you have the right one running, and aren't loading a bunch of
others, and that DMA is active (merge hdparm and read the manpage).
that is already the case.
The problem in this case would be slow non-DMA I/O interfering with video
DMA as well.
The problem could also be a non-optimally configured xorg or extensions,
or selecting a type of video transfer that your particular video hardware
and xorg driver don't support.
hmm.. NVIDIA card with nv driver, but I'll have a look.
Finally, flaky memory, overclocking and/or overheating, or an unstable
power supply chain (from the wall outlet thru the UPS if you have one,
thru the PSU) can do it. Of course, these are likely to show up in other
areas as well, such as when merging on Gentoo.
my hardware should be ok. thank you for your commentary, but I think
it is a kernel issue. perhaps I can find one, which does not show the
issue and then start a bisect or something, or is there any other
method to track this down?
I've had all those problems at one time or another.
would be boring without it, no? ;)
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