Not a single freeze in nearly a week now since I removed pulseaudio. *crosses fingers*
Uwe On 28 October 2010 11:36, Conor Moran <585...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I've posted a couple of times before...last time I was moving to PC Linux OS > Anyway, I've be using that for a while but had exactly the same issues there > i.e. random black-screen crashes > > > For me, I've always suspected the video-card/intel video drivers were > responsible. > One reason is that I could reproduce the crash every time in both ubuntu and > pc linux by running "Test Video Card" > > To try to fix the issue, I recently bought a cheap maxtor video card to put > into the machine and try out. But I haven't been able to get that to work at > all in my dell desktop. > That got me tweaking the bios - BTW: I've got an old Pentium 4 Dell Optiplex > GX260 Desktop > > In the bios is a setting "Onboard Video Buffer" which could be set as 1MB or > 8MB. It was set to 1 and I changed it to 8MB. > After that, I could successfully run the Video Card Test without fail so at > this point I'm very hopeful my issue is sorted. I have never ever been able > to do that and the symptom was always the same black screen crash. > > Info provided in case anyone else could benefit from this bios setting > also. > > I have not had a crash since (couple of days) but it's too early to say > anything for sure at this point. Will post again if I do have a crash. > > Conor > > P.S. I'm sticking with PC Linux OS for now as I find some of it's apps > better after using it for a while, and I have a lot of new apps installed > which I don't want to reinstall on a fresh ubuntu system. > > P. P.S. My video card details are (from command: lspci -vv) > ----- > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation > 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01) > (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Dell Device 0126 > Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- > Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- > Latency: 0 > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 > Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > Region 1: Memory at fe900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] > Capabilities: <access denied> > Kernel driver in use: i915 > Kernel modules: i915, intelfb > ---- > > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:02 PM, John Bruno > <seldoviacomput...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> My issue only freezes the mouse pointer (System is still stable and >> responds to KB commands). I did remove Pulseaudio last night and >> installed oss4, if anything the freeze came even quicker, I've since >> gone back to pulseaudio. >> >> For what it's worth, I leave my system running all night playing either >> Video or MP3's and as long as the mouse is not moved, it never freezes. >> I'm basically at my whits end (Mouse #2 just froze, switching to usb >> mouse #3). >> >> If I can't find a solution soon I'm going to try 2.6.31RT Kernel. >> >> -- >> Ubuntu 10.04 random freezes >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585765 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> >> Status in The Linux Kernel: New >> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed >> Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed >> >> Bug description: >> Hello, >> >> on my new laptop, a HP ProBook 6440b (with Core i5 and a plain Intel >> Chipset, 4GB RAM) I get randomly freezes of the whole system. I can't >> reproduce that, what means I don't know a aplication or usage of the system >> making it freeze. sometimes I have uptimes of a day, without freeze and >> sometimes it freezes right after booting the system. >> >> I found out, that sometimes the MagicSysRQ (R-E-I-S-U-B) works and let me >> shut down the system, sometimes not. I don't know what makes that >> difference. In the system log I can't find any unusual entries. But I foun >> that the system log is still runing, so shuting down the wifi with the >> notebooks hardware switch for example is logged. Also the Wifi network >> connection to my router is not interrupted. >> >> ProblemType: Bug >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 >> Package: linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic 2.6.32-22.33 >> Regression: No >> Reproducible: No >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 >> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 >> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21. >> Architecture: amd64 >> ArecordDevices: >> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** >> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] >> Subdevices: 2/2 >> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 >> Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 >> AudioDevicesInUse: >> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND >> /dev/snd/controlC0: florian 1689 F.... pulseaudio >> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory >> Card0.Amixer.info: >> Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd4900000 irq 17' >> Mixer name : 'Intel G45 DEVIBX' >> Components : 'HDA:111d7603,103c1722,00100202 >> HDA:11c11040,103c3066,00100200 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' >> Controls : 23 >> Simple ctrls : 14 >> Date: Wed May 26 11:03:07 2010 >> EcryptfsInUse: Yes >> Frequency: Once a day. >> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=24088f3d-7be1-4efd-a05a-d1fac42086df >> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) >> MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 6440b >> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic >> root=UUID=ac1bccdd-e231-45c3-bfde-991ae9549f0f ro quiet splash >> ProcEnviron: >> LANG=de_DE.utf8 >> SHELL=/bin/bash >> RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34 >> SourcePackage: linux >> dmi.bios.date: 01/27/2010 >> dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard >> dmi.bios.version: 68CDD Ver. F.04 >> dmi.board.name: 1722 >> dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard >> dmi.board.version: KBC Version 29.2B >> dmi.chassis.type: 10 >> dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard >> dmi.modalias: >> dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CDDVer.F.04:bd01/27/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook6440b:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1722:rvrKBCVersion29.2B:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: >> dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 6440b >> dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard >> >> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/585765/+subscribe >> > > -- > Ubuntu 10.04 random freezes > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585765 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug (578457). > > Status in The Linux Kernel: New > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Hello, > > on my new laptop, a HP ProBook 6440b (with Core i5 and a plain Intel Chipset, > 4GB RAM) I get randomly freezes of the whole system. I can't reproduce that, > what means I don't know a aplication or usage of the system making it freeze. > sometimes I have uptimes of a day, without freeze and sometimes it freezes > right after booting the system. > > I found out, that sometimes the MagicSysRQ (R-E-I-S-U-B) works and let me > shut down the system, sometimes not. I don't know what makes that difference. > In the system log I can't find any unusual entries. But I foun that the > system log is still runing, so shuting down the wifi with the notebooks > hardware switch for example is logged. Also the Wifi network connection to my > router is not interrupted. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic 2.6.32-22.33 > Regression: No > Reproducible: No > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 > AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21. > Architecture: amd64 > ArecordDevices: > **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] > Subdevices: 2/2 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 > AudioDevicesInUse: > USER PID ACCESS COMMAND > /dev/snd/controlC0: florian 1689 F.... pulseaudio > CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > Card0.Amixer.info: > Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd4900000 irq 17' > Mixer name : 'Intel G45 DEVIBX' > Components : 'HDA:111d7603,103c1722,00100202 > HDA:11c11040,103c3066,00100200 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' > Controls : 23 > Simple ctrls : 14 > Date: Wed May 26 11:03:07 2010 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > Frequency: Once a day. > HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=24088f3d-7be1-4efd-a05a-d1fac42086df > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) > MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 6440b > ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic > root=UUID=ac1bccdd-e231-45c3-bfde-991ae9549f0f ro quiet splash > ProcEnviron: > LANG=de_DE.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34 > SourcePackage: linux > dmi.bios.date: 01/27/2010 > dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard > dmi.bios.version: 68CDD Ver. F.04 > dmi.board.name: 1722 > dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard > dmi.board.version: KBC Version 29.2B > dmi.chassis.type: 10 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CDDVer.F.04:bd01/27/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook6440b:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1722:rvrKBCVersion29.2B:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: > dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 6440b > dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/585765/+subscribe > -- Ubuntu 10.04 random freezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585765 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
