[gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X

[gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X

[Joseph]

I'm running Nvidia driver: 310.32 with my GeForce GTS 450 kernle-3.1.6

but I've noticed it freezes my screen once a day or ever second day.
Mouse is moving but no icon is responding, nor can I use the keyboard (all frozen).

I can login to the system over ssh.  I've tried to restart/zap "xdm" it doesn't help.
What else can I do to restart "X"?

-- 
Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X

[Yohan Pereira]

On 26/02/13 at 08:18pm, Joseph wrote:
> I'm running Nvidia driver: 310.32 with my GeForce GTS 450 kernle-3.1.6
> 
> but I've noticed it freezes my screen once a day or ever second day.
> Mouse is moving but no icon is responding, nor can I use the keyboard (all frozen).
> 
> I can login to the system over ssh.  I've tried to restart/zap "xdm" it doesn't help.
> What else can I do to restart "X"?
> 
> -- 
> Joseph

You can try killing the process named /usr/bin/X. I was in a similar
situation once and this worked, don't know how safe it is.

-- 

- Yohan Pereira

The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference
between a mermaid and a seal.
                -- Mark Twain

Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 02/27/2013 04:18:51 AM, Joseph wrote:
> I'm running Nvidia driver: 310.32 with my GeForce GTS 450 kernle-3.1.6
> 
> but I've noticed it freezes my screen once a day or ever second day.
> Mouse is moving but no icon is responding, nor can I use the keyboard  
> (all frozen).
> 
> I can login to the system over ssh.  I've tried to restart/zap "xdm"  
> it doesn't help.
> What else can I do to restart "X"?
> 

You can use the SysRq Key (I use <Ctrl><Alt><PrtSc>)
and then RE

You might have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

Helmut.

Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X

[Alex Schuster]

Helmut Jarausch writes:

> On 02/27/2013 04:18:51 AM, Joseph wrote:

>> I can login to the system over ssh.  I've tried to restart/zap
>> "xdm" it doesn't help. What else can I do to restart "X"?
>
> You can use the SysRq Key (I use <Ctrl><Alt><PrtSc>) and then RE

R is okay, this resets the keyboard, and often helped me in the past to 
get my keyboard back.

But E would kills all processes except init. Use K instead, this only 
kills processes on the current virtual console.

	Alex

Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X

[Joseph]

On 02/27/13 09:21, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>On 02/27/2013 04:18:51 AM, Joseph wrote:
>> I'm running Nvidia driver: 310.32 with my GeForce GTS 450 kernle-3.1.6
>>
>> but I've noticed it freezes my screen once a day or ever second day.
>> Mouse is moving but no icon is responding, nor can I use the keyboard
>> (all frozen).
>>
>> I can login to the system over ssh.  I've tried to restart/zap "xdm"
>> it doesn't help.
>> What else can I do to restart "X"?
>>
>
>You can use the SysRq Key (I use <Ctrl><Alt><PrtSc>)
>and then RE
>
>You might have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
>
>Helmut.

I've tried key combination <Ctrl><Alt><PrtSc> doesn't work nor does <Ctrl><Alt><Backspace>
besides when it is frozen keyboard is not responding, I can not even do:  <Ctrl><Alt><F1>

I'll try to kill next time: /usr/bin/X
as Yohan suggested, I did it on my backup computer and X just restarted.

-- 
Joseph

[gentoo-user] Re: Restart "frozen" X

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 27/02/13 05:18, Joseph wrote:
> I'm running Nvidia driver: 310.32 with my GeForce GTS 450 kernle-3.1.6
>
> but I've noticed it freezes my screen once a day or ever second day.
> Mouse is moving but no icon is responding, nor can I use the keyboard
> (all frozen).
>
> I can login to the system over ssh.  I've tried to restart/zap "xdm" it
> doesn't help.
> What else can I do to restart "X"?

I suppose Ctrl+Alt+Backspace doesn't work? (With X having locked up and 
everything.)

Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X

[Daniel Frey]

On 02/26/2013 07:18 PM, Joseph wrote:
> I'm running Nvidia driver: 310.32 with my GeForce GTS 450 kernle-3.1.6
> 
> but I've noticed it freezes my screen once a day or ever second day.
> Mouse is moving but no icon is responding, nor can I use the keyboard
> (all frozen).
> 
> I can login to the system over ssh.  I've tried to restart/zap "xdm" it
> doesn't help.
> What else can I do to restart "X"?
> 

If downgrading nvidia-drivers doesn't help check your power supply. My
computer exhibited this issue a while back because the voltages went all
wonky and the hardware really didn't like it - I could still ssh in from
my tablet but the entire computer appeared frozen.

If I just ran at the console (ie not starting X) the computer would work
fine all day.

I don't know what nvidia card you have but mine requires two extra power
connectors but the PSU just couldn't supply enough power to keep the GPU
stable.

Dan

Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X

[Francisco Ares]

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2013/2/27 Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com>

> On 02/26/2013 07:18 PM, Joseph wrote:
> > I'm running Nvidia driver: 310.32 with my GeForce GTS 450 kernle-3.1.6
> >
> > but I've noticed it freezes my screen once a day or ever second day.
> > Mouse is moving but no icon is responding, nor can I use the keyboard
> > (all frozen).
> >
> > I can login to the system over ssh.  I've tried to restart/zap "xdm" it
> > doesn't help.
> > What else can I do to restart "X"?
> >
>
> If downgrading nvidia-drivers doesn't help check your power supply. My
> computer exhibited this issue a while back because the voltages went all
> wonky and the hardware really didn't like it - I could still ssh in from
> my tablet but the entire computer appeared frozen.
>
> If I just ran at the console (ie not starting X) the computer would work
> fine all day.
>
> I don't know what nvidia card you have but mine requires two extra power
> connectors but the PSU just couldn't supply enough power to keep the GPU
> stable.
>
> Dan
>
>
Hi,

I have had that same behaviour for some months now, but wasn't able to find
the cause. I am now suspicious of one of the browsers (I use Firefox and
Chrome, and always kept them opened), because all I could get was a kernel
log message referring to browser traffic (?) prior to one of those freezes.
For a few days now,  I always close the browsers, and have had no freeze.

Good luck, and please keep us updated.
Francisco
-- 
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you
and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have
one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."
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Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X

[Joseph]

On 02/27/13 17:53, Daniel Frey wrote:
>On 02/26/2013 07:18 PM, Joseph wrote:
>> I'm running Nvidia driver: 310.32 with my GeForce GTS 450 kernle-3.1.6
>>
>> but I've noticed it freezes my screen once a day or ever second day.
>> Mouse is moving but no icon is responding, nor can I use the keyboard
>> (all frozen).
>>
>> I can login to the system over ssh.  I've tried to restart/zap "xdm" it
>> doesn't help.
>> What else can I do to restart "X"?
>>
>
>If downgrading nvidia-drivers doesn't help check your power supply. My
>computer exhibited this issue a while back because the voltages went all
>wonky and the hardware really didn't like it - I could still ssh in from
>my tablet but the entire computer appeared frozen.
>
>If I just ran at the console (ie not starting X) the computer would work
>fine all day.
>
>I don't know what nvidia card you have but mine requires two extra power
>connectors but the PSU just couldn't supply enough power to keep the GPU
>stable.
>
>Dan

I have a: GeForce GTS 450
It was flawless until recent upgrade; I don't suspect power supply.
It only freeze on me two times and right after upgrade; the last time was when I hit a link in thunder-bird email client but I think it has happen when I open a link in 
firefox as well (don't remember).
I'll keep monitoring it.  I did not upgrade the kernel only the nvidia driver.

-- 
Joseph