problem: system freezes.

[William Mattison]

Good afternoon,
I ran the memtest86+; it passed - 100%.

I'm curious: is there a way to test the gpu?  If yes, how?


> That's the one. So it's an nVidia GeForce GTX660.

> Yeah, that's typically the driver having issues or memory problems.
> Next, we need to see if you're running the nvidia or nouveau drivers.
> You can look at the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and see which driver is
> loaded. Alternately, try (as root):
>
>    lsmod | grep -i nvidia
>
> If you get an output line that contains both "drm" and "nvidia" in it,
> then you're running the nVidia driver. If you get no output, try:
>
>    lsmod | grep -i nouveau
>
> If you get output, then you're running the nouveau driver and it may
> have issues with your hardware.

The first lsmod gave no output.  The second gives:
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bash.2[~]: lsmod | grep -i nouveau
nouveau               989091  3 
i2c_algo_bit           13257  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         50210  1 nouveau
ttm                    80402  1 nouveau
mxm_wmi                12865  1 nouveau
drm                   272504  5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
i2c_core               34242  5 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nouveau
video                  19052  2 nouveau,asus_wmi
wmi                    18697  3 mxm_wmi,nouveau,asus_wmi
bash.3[~]:
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That confirms my system is using nouveau.

> If you decide you want to try the
> nVidia binary driver, then you'll need to install it. Here's a 
> reasonable guide as to how to do it. It's for F18, but F19 is similar:
>
>    http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2013/fedora-18-nvidia-guide/

Tomorrow morning, I'll first do my weekly Fedora-19 updates and scans, then I'll try the nVidia driver install.  By the way, there's also a web page there for Fedora-19.  Unless you advise otherwise, I'll follow the Fedora-19 page's process.

Thank-you for your help so far, Rick.
Bill.
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