From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qdpua-0007sF-TW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:38:33 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CAA0221C03E; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 20:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B3FF21C03E for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 20:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyh22 with SMTP id 22so5107950wyh.40 for ; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:37:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; bh=tXrDu65iw7Nj647V+lGgre7H/60VlWR3MDPCPh/Lod4=; b=mmwirvU6NlmYWdQ/PDbZNZ0S1qOYgrhJEf8dh9sU/h6gXyTML8zDyzzonJtSdBof7i SfqrK8rMNe++TSnS13bZZIHiUeVcsF3kb/S5Msjlha16JSUTw3y1+cOV8ZiczbRQvGBL ak3SrgBOg3dKZlPH3xfIKhcA4dTHL4FcfgMBU= Received: by 10.227.28.206 with SMTP id n14mr5814804wbc.4.1309811825597; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:37:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-215-19-196.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.215.19.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n18sm4756753wbh.57.2011.07.04.13.37.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:37:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and HARD lock ups. Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:36:05 +0200 Message-ID: <1402354.G0EMuDhieW@nazgul> User-Agent: KMail/4.6.0 (Linux/2.6.39-ck; KDE/4.6.4; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <4E11EEF3.70804@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 70e9b0a974643fe73e6d692e30e1259c On Monday 04 July 2011 19:12:50 Jes=C3=BAs J. Guerrero Botella did opin= e=20 thusly: > 2011/7/4 Dale : > > Hi, > >=20 > > What mine does: It sort of varies but usually when I login, it > > may last a couple minutes, usually less, then the Caps Lock and > > Scroll Lock LED's blink. The Num Lock key is off if that means > > anything. I tried the SysReq keys but it doesn't do anything > > at all. According to the messages at the next boot, it doesn't > > sync or umount either. The mouse pointer no longer moves > > either. At this point, I hit the reset button which causes > > steam to come out my ears. I HATE using that button. > >=20 > > I'm fairly sure this is not hardware. >=20 > You can never be sure about that. >=20 > > Right now, I am in Fluxbox and it > > works fine. I also booted to single user and compiled a bunch > > of stuff and also tried a different kernel too. I think if it > > was hardware, it would have had some kind of hick-up during the > > compile. I did check temps and all is nice and cool, very cool > > since my A/C is on full blast. I think the oven is outside on > > full blast instead of in the kitchen. lol It's HOT here, > > steamy hot. >=20 > You can try turning off the compositing system altogether. You can > do that by disabling the desktop effects in systemsettings. If > lockups stop then it's probably something to do with your graphics > driver and if that's the case you might have better luck with an > alternative driver. I get frequent crashes that seem to be related to nouveau. When I used nvidia drivers, they seemed to have a mind of their own=20 when it came to memory usage and segfaults. And the entire abomination that shall not be suffered to live called=20= "kdepim" *definitely* has a mind of it's own. >=20 > > I checked messages and the only thing I saw was about a bad > > option for hp-systray. Surely that wouldn't cause a crash? > > I'm going to unmerge and test it tho, just to be sure. >=20 > I don't think so. --=20 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com