On Thursday 19 February 2004 03:44 pm, Steve Kaufman wrote: > Below is my original post I had posted back to the list that it was fixed > but it is not and I don't have any idea where to go. I would really like to > use Linux but if I can't keep it up (alright no one say it is a personal > problem) IT DOESN'T DO ME MUCH GOOD. > I see you have an nforce2 board. Have you tried installing the drivers available from the nvidia website. Also, you don't say what your vid card is. This definitely sounds like a hardware problem though.
> What I have done was to add the acpi=off to the append line it was > acpi=ht then I rebooted again after doing /sbin/lilo/. The machine then > stayed up for over 18hrs but I only had the desktop open with no > application running. I am going to try that again and see if it stays up. > It's kind of hard to just let it sit there and not do anything. It seems > like it might not be power management because it has locked up while I was > using it and not just after setting doing nothing but last night at was > after I left the room to eat dinner. > > I have also checked all logs from Configure you machine/logs in MCC and > there is absolutly nothing that would indicate a problem. > > I also posted a ps -A and someone verified that there were no ACPI > processes running. > > Don't know where else to look. > > Steve > Linux user number 344404 > -------Original Message------- > > From: Steve Kaufman > Date: 02/17/04 15:46:20 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PC locks up solid. Power off buton won't even work > > Help please, > > This is going to be a real challange. I have installed MD9,2 a couple of > weeks ago. Some of the people on this list have been very wonderfull in > helping me to overcome some very simple but perplexing problems for a > newbie > > > This problem does not happen in windows. I can leave my machine up for days > with no problems. > > Here's todays problem and it is a big one that if I can't fix I may have to > stop using LInux. Intermittently (almost every day) if I leave my pc sit > inactive for some period of time it will just lockup to where I can not > even power off the pc with the power button. I have to turn off at the > surge protector. > > I have tried to isolate this to an application and have been unable to. The > only time it does not seem to happen is when I have no applications open on > my desktop. As long as the cursor is resting on the desktop not in an > application then the pc does not seem to lock up. > > The only application that I have installed other than the defaut ones that > come with the 9.2 install is Thunderbird but I have also tried not running > Thunderbird after a boot to see what would happen and it still locks up. > The only applications I have really been using are. MCC functions for > updates and trying to make sure my hardware is configured correctly. I read > email both with Thunderbird and Kmail. Web browsing with Konqour. > > What I have done to attempt to isolate the problem. > - I have disabled all power management in the bios and in MD (from MCC) > - I have tried leaving various applications open or closed and I can not > find a pattern. > - I have installed all updates. > - I have looked in logs but don't see anything when it hangs. The logs I > look at are the ones which can be seen in MCC. > > My hardware: > * System Summary * > ******************** > Motherboard - ASUS - A7N8X - Delux version 2.0 > Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2700+ 2.0 GHz (2500+ overclocked > I have run in at 2500 and still happens. > I have had it at 2700 in windows forever > and no problems) > BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Phoenix-Award BIOS v6 > 00PG, 05/14/03 > Bus Type: PCI, ISA, USB > Ports: 1 Parallel, 2 Serial > Memory: 512 MB (42% Utilized) GEIL 400MHZ PC3200 > Floppy Disks: 1.44 MB > Hard Disks: 16.95 GB, 16.95 GB, 114.50 GB, 12.66 GB > Multimedia: Sound, CD-ROM > Video: 800 x 600 in 64K Colors, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 > Ver. 6.14 128meg > LAN 3Com 3C920B-EMB Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller > NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller > < Operating System > > Windows: 5.0 (Build 2195) > > < IBM Enhanced (101- or 102-key) keyboard > > > < MICROSOFT PS2 MOUSE > > > < Drive C > WINDOWS drive MAXTOR > Total space in drive: 122,934,034,432 bytes (114.49 GB) > Used space: 14,998,540,288 bytes (13.97 GB) > Available space: 107,935,494,144 bytes (100.52 GB) > > < Volume Information > > File System: NTFS > > D = LITEON 52x32x52 CD-RW > > E= LINUX drive WDC, 13GB I think. Windows has no idea what's on here. > > < Drive F > Compaq SCSI - BB01821AC3 > Total space in drive: 18,202,509,312 bytes (16.95 GB) > Used space: 11,992,743,936 bytes (11.17 GB) > Available space: 6,209,765,376 bytes (5.78 GB) > > < Volume Information > > File System: NTFS > > < Drive G > COMPAQ SCSI - BB018222CA > Total space in drive: 18,158,800,896 bytes (16.91 GB) > Used space: 6,830,092,288 bytes (6.36 GB) > Available space: 11,328,708,608 bytes (10.55 GB) > > < Volume Information > > File System: FAT32 > > Drive H = CD-R 48x > > Any help would be appreciated. > What info would be helpful from LINUX? > > > Steve > Linux user number 344404 -- /g
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