Bug#595173: , update
On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 07:08:13PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2010-09-02 15:39 +0200, henrybrem@fsfe.org wrote:
>
> > Removed most of gnome and replaced it with xfce4 (initially I was planning
> > to replace all of gnome with icewm simply to see what impact that would
> > have)
> >
> > Oddly enough:
> > - System froze as soon as she used to file a shortcut on the desktop
> > (but this time mouse could move but no clicks registered. Nothing
> > from the keyboard)
> > - When the system froze, cpu utilisation was normal, as opposed to
> > 99% with gnome
> >
> > I have been googling this morning.
>
> It could be related to this bug:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20341
>
> Or maybe not, I don't know.
Hmm, does look familiar. Will look further over the weekend
>
> > I do not feel confident about installing
> > the restricted nvidia drivers, so will probably re-install ubuntu in a dual
> > boot and see what I can working on debian in the evenings
>
> You could also use the nv driver after blacklisting the nouveau kernel
> module or booting with the nouveau.modeset=0 option.
Can you point me to a webpage where I can follow a recipe on how to do this?
FWIW At the moment I have yet to install /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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