computer freezing

[jim ruxton]

On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 07:23 +0100, Slackrat wrote:
> * jim ruxton <cinetron-uEvt2TsIf2EsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> a écrit
> > Hi I'm wondering if anyone can help me figure out why my laptop keeps
> > freezing. I'm running FC5. The freezing is intermittent but seems to be
> > happening more often (or I'm getting less impatient) . I can't seem to
> > find a pattern to it for example when using specific programs. If I am
> > doing nothng and just let it run it will often freeze. I did a RAM test
> > and that seems ok. Is it possible the Kernel is corrupted somehow? Below
> > is my /var/log/messages . Only way I can interact with the system is
> > with altSysRQ commands. This is really frustrating. Anyone have any
> > ideas what I can try. When it freezes I can't even SSH into it so I
> > don't think it is a problem with X windows.
> > jim
> 
> Your problem probably is an X Windows problem
> 
> And the short answer is that you probably can't do much about it given
> that you have whatever hardware you have in your laptop so long as you
> have the right clocks line in xorg.conf and that the X server is
> otherwise configured correctly.
> 
> I just switched to xorg 7.1 to try to solve similar problems to yours.
> 
> Unfortunately 7.1 just crashes and locks up much more frequently and
> spectacularly, particularly when running xine
> 

I don't have a clocks line in my xorg.conf file, I don't think it is
necessary for this nvidia chipset (Geforce FX5600)or at least I havn't
seen it in other xorg.conf files for this laptop? My xorg.conf below.
Jim

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Synaptics" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name
of the 
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "synaptics"
	Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Synaptics"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "hp pavilion"
	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1440x900"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    30.0 - 64.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 100.0
	ModeLine     "1440x900" 97.5 1440 1472 1840 1872 900 919 927 946
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"

#Option      "TVOverScan" "0.6"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	VendorName  "NVIDIA"
	BoardName   "GeForce FX 5700"
	Option	    "MetaModes" "1440x900"
	Option	    "NoLogo" "true"
	Option	    "twinview" "true"
	Option	    "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
	Option	    "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
	Option	    "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
#	Option	    "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" # Add this if you're having
problems
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

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