On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Willie <matthews.wil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Paul Hartman > <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Willie <matthews.wil...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop >> > manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am >> > having is when I login I can't open any Windows. The only one that has >> > open >> > without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC. >> > >> > Any help is greatly appreciated. >> >> Be sure to "emerge --oneshot @x11-module-rebuild" after upgrading xorg >> stuff. Drivers might be out of sync and maybe that's causing your >> pain. >> >> Try to delete/rename your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and see if that makes a >> difference. Modern Xorg can start a basic environment without it. >> >> Try to run "startx" as a user instead of using xdm and see if you get >> any better errors/logs. >> >> If you have another computer/device SSH into your problematic computer >> before starting X so you can see if it's still alive, just >> unresponsive at the local terminal. Maybe then you can see logs and >> stuff. >> >> revdep-rebuild just to ensure everything is consistent on your system. >> > > I rebuild all of my x11-drivers it rebuild the nvidia driver along with a > couple of others. > > I used startx and got the errors below. I have a feeling it has something to > do with my nVidia card (Geforce 8400GS) > > SSH is not active anymore. It is also the computer that shares the internet > and no one can access the internet either. > > Okay now I think we are getting somewhere. Didn't think to leave XDM out but > I did do it. It still froze but I got some useful information soon as it did > freeze. This is from /var/log/messages > > Jun 22 11:52:52 beast kernel: NVRM: Xid (0000:02:00): 6, PE0001 > Jun 22 11:52:54 beast kernel: NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU > while in atomic or interrupt context > Jun 22 11:52:54 beast kernel: NVRM: Xid (0000:02:00): 3, C 00000002 SC > 00000003 M 00000100 Data 00000000 > Jun 22 11:53:03 beast kernel: NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU > while in atomic or interrupt context > Jun 22 11:53:05 beast kernel: NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU > while in atomic or interrupt context > Jun 22 11:53:08 beast kernel: NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU > while in atomic or interrupt context > > That was printed as soon as XFCE froze.
Okay, now I googled those errors and it seems to be a fairly common problem. The workaround I saw is to add "nolapic_timer" to your kernel commandline. Try that, reboot and cross your fingers. ;)
