I did a clean install of FC2. I have been keeping up2date with all the packages, so currently I am running 2.6.6-1.435, however all three kernels have had the same problem (2.6.6-1.427 and 2.6.5-1.358). The machine will just completely lock up after about a day. This usually happens when the screen saver is on, so I assumed it was related to the video card some how. I started reading through this list and read about the 8k stack problem with the nVidia driver (I have a GeForce 3).
Does the 8k stack problem affect the generic driver that ships with FC2? I haven't installed the nVidia driver yet.
I tried to install the newer kernel from http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/downloads-fc2-kernel-i686.php, so I could go with the nVidia driver, but because it is only 2.6.6-1.427, it says that I have a newer version installed. Should I do a --oldpackage and install that kernel along with the nVidia driver? Should I build my own kernel (I've done this before, but not recently, is there a way I can do a make oldconfig from an existing .config?)?
Any other ideas on what could be causing it to lock up?
This is the last thing in /var/log/messages before I rebooted:
Jun 28 04:02:17 wesley su(pam_unix)[10280]: session opened for user cyrus by (uid=0) Jun 28 04:02:19 wesley su(pam_unix)[10280]: session closed for user cyrus Jun 28 04:02:21 wesley logrotate: ALERT exited abnormally with [1]
I also noticed on this list that someone passed acpi=off to their kernel and that solved their problem. I did that yesterday, and so far so good...just wondering if anyone has other ideas.
Thanks in advance, Buck
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 07:26 pm, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:
I did a clean install of FC2. I have been keeping up2date with all the packages, so currently I am running 2.6.6-1.435, however all three kernels have had the same problem (2.6.6-1.427 and 2.6.5-1.358). The machine will just completely lock up after about a day. This usually happens when the screen saver is on, so I assumed it was related to the video card some how. I started reading through this list and read about the 8k stack problem with the nVidia driver (I have a GeForce 3).
Does the 8k stack problem affect the generic driver that ships with FC2? I haven't installed the nVidia driver yet.
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FWIW, I had lockups when I use nVidia GeForce with the generic driver. But IIRC, it was only the X. I could SSH to the machine and kill X, for example. I didn't pursue the problem since I was only testing/play around with the machine. I ended up putting RHEL in it (which I had plan for before). Sorry couldn't more help.
RDB
Reuben D. Budiardja wrote, On 06/30/2004 09:16 AM:
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 07:26 pm, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:
I did a clean install of FC2. I have been keeping up2date with all the packages, so currently I am running 2.6.6-1.435, however all three kernels have had the same problem (2.6.6-1.427 and 2.6.5-1.358). The machine will just completely lock up after about a day. This usually happens when the screen saver is on, so I assumed it was related to the video card some how. I started reading through this list and read about the 8k stack problem with the nVidia driver (I have a GeForce 3).
Does the 8k stack problem affect the generic driver that ships with FC2? I haven't installed the nVidia driver yet.
<snip>
FWIW, I had lockups when I use nVidia GeForce with the generic driver. But IIRC, it was only the X. I could SSH to the machine and kill X, for example. I didn't pursue the problem since I was only testing/play around with the machine. I ended up putting RHEL in it (which I had plan for before). Sorry couldn't more help.
RDB
I see same problem RDB sees but sporadic (with GeF/generic dvr). I can ssh or vncviewer in and sys is still working but local X server is locked (except mouse cursor still moves) with no keyboard response or mouse click or location response. No problems for couple weeks til now. Just started runing KsCD to play CDs. Has occurred twice in 2 day with this running. Not sure if related. Will not run it and see if stops locking.
gds
I just wanted to add my two cents here about freezing and hanging with FC2. It's only tangentially related, but I figured somebody might find it useful.
I have FC2 running on a dual opteron (x86_64) architecture with an MSI K8T Master-FAR motherboard that was hanging on me every couple of hours. Not just X, but the whole darn machine. The motherboard has several USB slots around where the serial ports are, and I was using one of them in conjunction with a USB KVM switch. The motherboard comes with a little USB bracket that you plug in and then screw into the case, and since I was all out of options on how to make these hangs stop, I decided to give the bracket a whirl in favor of the USB slots on the main component panel. That was about 48 hours ago and I haven't had a single hang since.
Maybe it's the difference between USB 2.0 and 1.1, maybe the drivers for this particular VIA chipset are buggy, maybe my motherboard is damaged in some way... I'm not really sure. But I do know that if someone is having similar problems, try switching your USB around, or getting PS/2 input devices. It might solve your problem before you start yanking hardware in and out of your case.
Cyrus
p.s. The first post said something about "user cyrus" which is weird, because that's me.
Gene Smith wrote:
Reuben D. Budiardja wrote, On 06/30/2004 09:16 AM:
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 07:26 pm, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:
I did a clean install of FC2. I have been keeping up2date with all the packages, so currently I am running 2.6.6-1.435, however all three kernels have had the same problem (2.6.6-1.427 and 2.6.5-1.358). The machine will just completely lock up after about a day. This usually happens when the screen saver is on, so I assumed it was related to the video card some how. I started reading through this list and read about the 8k stack problem with the nVidia driver (I have a GeForce 3).
Does the 8k stack problem affect the generic driver that ships with FC2? I haven't installed the nVidia driver yet.
<snip>
FWIW, I had lockups when I use nVidia GeForce with the generic driver. But IIRC, it was only the X. I could SSH to the machine and kill X, for example. I didn't pursue the problem since I was only testing/play around with the machine. I ended up putting RHEL in it (which I had plan for before). Sorry couldn't more help.
RDB
I see same problem RDB sees but sporadic (with GeF/generic dvr). I can ssh or vncviewer in and sys is still working but local X server is locked (except mouse cursor still moves) with no keyboard response or mouse click or location response. No problems for couple weeks til now. Just started runing KsCD to play CDs. Has occurred twice in 2 day with this running. Not sure if related. Will not run it and see if stops locking.
gds
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