RE: [CentOS] Centos Freezing

2008-05-17 Thread John
 
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing

On Thursday 15 May 2008 21:51, Karanbir Singh wrote:

  Hi Robert,

  Robert Spangler wrote:
   For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow 
 me   to do anything.  This doesn't happen while I'm working on the 
 system but   after I have locked my session and then return.  It 
 could goes days   without a lockup and then the next time I try to log in
it'll be frozen.
  
   I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix 
 or   where I could start to look to find out if there is a process or  
  something causing this.

  Not me, have not had such an issue. make sure you are completely 
 yum-updated for a start.

Always.  Done nightly. :)

   I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could 
 be   caused by me starting and then leaving something new running.

  I guess the reason why no one has replied to your post so far is that 
 its hard to work out or even think about such issues without some more
context.
 Do you have proprietary drivers installed for anything ? ndiswrapper 
 for wifi  ? grfx drivers for nvidia or ati ? Could there be a network
issue ?

Only thing I'm running that isn't in the repo's is the nVidia driver for my
Geforce FX550.

Oh, Thnx for the reply!!

Regards
Robert


Please try to update your nVidia Driver to the current level version and see
if that solves your problem. Make sure you are using the X config file that
is generated by the driver and do not add anything to it (as in options).
Some options if your mother board can not handle or support it, it will
freeze lockup etc.

Let me Know how it goes..

John Stanley

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RE: [CentOS] Centos Freezing

2008-05-17 Thread B.J. McClure
On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 06:02 -0400, John wrote:
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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
 Of Robert Spangler
 Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:19 PM
 To: CentOS mailing list
 Subject: Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing
 
 On Thursday 15 May 2008 21:51, Karanbir Singh wrote:
 
   Hi Robert,
 
   Robert Spangler wrote:
For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow 
  me   to do anything.  This doesn't happen while I'm working on the 
  system but   after I have locked my session and then return.  It 
  could goes days   without a lockup and then the next time I try to log in
 it'll be frozen.
   
I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix 
  or   where I could start to look to find out if there is a process or  
   something causing this.
 
   Not me, have not had such an issue. make sure you are completely 
  yum-updated for a start.
 
 Always.  Done nightly. :)
 
I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could 
  be   caused by me starting and then leaving something new running.
 
   I guess the reason why no one has replied to your post so far is that 
  its hard to work out or even think about such issues without some more
 context.
  Do you have proprietary drivers installed for anything ? ndiswrapper 
  for wifi  ? grfx drivers for nvidia or ati ? Could there be a network
 issue ?
 
 Only thing I'm running that isn't in the repo's is the nVidia driver for my
 Geforce FX550.
 
 Oh, Thnx for the reply!!
 
 Regards
 Robert
 
 
 Please try to update your nVidia Driver to the current level version and see
 if that solves your problem. Make sure you are using the X config file that
 is generated by the driver and do not add anything to it (as in options).
 Some options if your mother board can not handle or support it, it will
 freeze lockup etc.
 
 Let me Know how it goes..
 
 John Stanley

I had a similar situation on CentOS 4.x and on 5.0, different boxes.  In
both cases it was resolved by replacing a bad stick of RAM.  If the box
can be off line I would suggest a 24 hour run of memtest.  On my systems
it only occurred with the GUI running.

Cheers,
B.J.

CentOS 5.1, Linux 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5 athlon 07:28:37 up 21:02, 0 users,
load average: 0.30, 0.10, 0.02

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Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing

2008-05-17 Thread Robert Spangler
On Saturday 17 May 2008 08:12, B.J. McClure wrote:

  I had a similar situation on CentOS 4.x and on 5.0, different boxes.  In
  both cases it was resolved by replacing a bad stick of RAM.  If the box
  can be off line I would suggest a 24 hour run of memtest.  On my systems
  it only occurred with the GUI running.

Thnx.  Yes, the box can be off-line for testing and I will try this.


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Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing

2008-05-17 Thread Karanbir Singh

Robert Spangler wrote:

On Saturday 17 May 2008 08:12, B.J. McClure wrote:


 I had a similar situation on CentOS 4.x and on 5.0, different boxes.  In
 both cases it was resolved by replacing a bad stick of RAM.  If the box
 can be off line I would suggest a 24 hour run of memtest.  On my systems
 it only occurred with the GUI running.


Thnx.  Yes, the box can be off-line for testing and I will try this.


In case anyone is interested, I've been using a very minimal xorg.conf 
with my nvidia machines for a while and letting the system just work the 
specifics out at startup time. Here is the config I use :


http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2007/11/01

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Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing

2008-05-17 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 17 May 2008 19:19:40 Karanbir Singh wrote:
 Robert Spangler wrote:
  On Saturday 17 May 2008 08:12, B.J. McClure wrote:
   I had a similar situation on CentOS 4.x and on 5.0, different boxes. 
  In both cases it was resolved by replacing a bad stick of RAM.  If the
  box can be off line I would suggest a 24 hour run of memtest.  On my
  systems it only occurred with the GUI running.
 
  Thnx.  Yes, the box can be off-line for testing and I will try this.

 In case anyone is interested, I've been using a very minimal xorg.conf
 with my nvidia machines for a while and letting the system just work the
 specifics out at s'artup time. Here is the config I use :

 http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2007/11/01

I'm getting a 404 on that, Karanbir

Anne


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Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing

2008-05-17 Thread Karanbir Singh

Anne Wilson wrote:

http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2007/11/01


I'm getting a 404 on that, Karanbir


oops, needs a trailing / . try this :

http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2007/11/01/

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Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing

2008-05-16 Thread Robert Spangler
On Thursday 15 May 2008 21:51, Karanbir Singh wrote:

  Hi Robert,

  Robert Spangler wrote:
   For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow me
   to do anything.  This doesn't happen while I'm working on the system but
   after I have locked my session and then return.  It could goes days
   without a lockup and then the next time I try to log in it'll be frozen.
  
   I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix or
   where I could start to look to find out if there is a process or
   something causing this.

  Not me, have not had such an issue. make sure you are completely
 yum-updated for a start.

Always.  Done nightly. :)

   I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could be
   caused by me starting and then leaving something new running.

  I guess the reason why no one has replied to your post so far is that its
 hard to work out or even think about such issues without some more context.
 Do you have proprietary drivers installed for anything ? ndiswrapper for
 wifi  ? grfx drivers for nvidia or ati ? Could there be a network issue ?

Only thing I'm running that isn't in the repo's is the nVidia driver for my 
Geforce FX550.

Oh, Thnx for the reply!!


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Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing

2008-05-15 Thread Karanbir Singh

Hi Robert,

Robert Spangler wrote:
For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow me to do 
anything.  This doesn't happen while I'm working on the system but after I 
have locked my session and then return.  It could goes days without a lockup 
and then the next time I try to log in it'll be frozen.


I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix or where I 
could start to look to find out if there is a process or something causing 
this.


Not me, have not had such an issue. make sure you are completely yum-updated for 
a start.


I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could be caused 
by me starting and then leaving something new running.


I guess the reason why no one has replied to your post so far is that its hard 
to work out or even think about such issues without some more context. Do you 
have proprietary drivers installed for anything ? ndiswrapper for wifi  ? grfx 
drivers for nvidia or ati ? Could there be a network issue ?


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[CentOS] Centos Freezing

2008-05-13 Thread Robert Spangler
Hello,

For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow me to do 
anything.  This doesn't happen while I'm working on the system but after I 
have locked my session and then return.  It could goes days without a lockup 
and then the next time I try to log in it'll be frozen.

I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix or where I 
could start to look to find out if there is a process or something causing 
this.

I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could be caused 
by me starting and then leaving something new running.

Thanks for your help.


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