Re: Windows-like crashes!
overhol@ecf.utoronto.ca (Andrew Overholt) writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have been successfully using Debian Woody for about 8 months now and I
> am proud to say that it's not my default boot. Recently I've been trying
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I usually ignore posts that start out like this. For some
reason they rub me wrong. (Even though I am in no way a
part of the Debian Project) Just a loyal user. I am still
using stable, so I might not have insight to all your
problems, but I will try to help.
> to get XMPS working and after trying to watch a DivX with crappy quality,
> I decided to upgrade to the NVidia drivers from their site. This went off
> without a hitch and now I get the nice NVidia logo when starting
> Enlightenment.
>
> Last night, I decided to recompile my kernel without SMP support (I saw
> that I had it compiled in and that it would run faster without it. After
> running make xconfig, I ran make dep modules modules_install. This
> resulted in an error at the SMP part of the compilation at which point I
> realized that I have some screwed up kernel source 'cause this happens
> every time I try to compile without SMP support.
Could you post the error messages. Actually the error messages, and
the last 10-15 lines before that would probably be helpful. Most
problems I have had compiling kernels has NOT been a problem with
the source.
> Oh well, I said, and went to bed. Today I turned on my machine and the
> X-Server wouldn't connect (text login vs. normal gdm). I thought this was
> weird so I tryed `startx'. This also did not work and after a few hours
> of messing around with different things, I recompiled my Nvidia drivers
> and now have working gdm again.
>
> HOWEVER, whenever I try to play an MP3 in XMMS or view a movie in XMPS,
> the computer locks up completely! I mean, we're talking Windows-like
> jamming (but without the mouse moving) without a Ctrl-Alt-Del response or
> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace either. I have to hard reset my computer and then I
> get the usual fsck stuff which says there were "detached" inodes (I
> think ... or something like that) which get fixed (after entering the
> root password) and then the cycle repeats itself.
Lockups of this type are extremely rare with Linux. Could be a
driver or hardware issue.
While I like XMMS, it can cause some nasty problems. I have had
it cause problems with my gnome-sawmill desktop. I does cause
the desktop to lock up, but not that tight -- and can be fixed
by stopping whatever is being played. Other players do not seem
to have this problem.
I would really try to avoid that reset button if at all possible.
If <ctrl><alt><F1> will get you to a text console do (as root)
the command " /etc/init.d/gdm stop ".
... If I cannot get to a text console, I go to another computer
on my network and telnet in.
Hope something here has been of help.
Paul
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