From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E479198005 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:54:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 87148E0850; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:53:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-da0-f49.google.com (mail-da0-f49.google.com [209.85.210.49]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB954E07F2 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:53:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-da0-f49.google.com with SMTP id t11so584729daj.8 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:53:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TOJyih1vGcXU+CfCj4eLrbcqG/pPGGKj8vD7wRtH5Fc=; b=RLDs30B4Ps09KxxfyJRgMVS82uKPA/mqpSI9fCMCx7ZLH7wMJ45qZwY5XXxV9Jzjot 8G/IiFjdXs9I1a5fLutRqOCenVIXyqQQhT1u4CscFMW+nHSaJCx9Td0o66HNm8pZ3qrj CR5Rni7kTuwElHqEoygCq+UcNMuB2wPps2UBSIIYcojyTlG1SgS52awrk6sPWr2AUkm0 WJYrm+zz85DDaBfW8dH86uM4QOC3LKImCHNqWZ4MA5BJ6qXYqbqv8W/+eDxS/8K/klJd 1lPJCmv323eSsui0K6JzCx0Acg72S7JXWdp9R1vC3bP2Hx8pW0DGNuXPLxQs8uzroJ41 2rTQ== X-Received: by 10.66.164.39 with SMTP id yn7mr10500035pab.97.1362016431723; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:53:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.247.60] (76-10-184-172.dsl.teksavvy.com. [76.10.184.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id qb10sm6439031pbb.43.2013.02.27.17.53.49 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:53:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <512EB8AA.3030903@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:53:46 -0800 From: Daniel Frey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130131 Thunderbird/17.0.2 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X References: <20130227031851.GA3314@syscon7.inet> In-Reply-To: <20130227031851.GA3314@syscon7.inet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: be074cd6-dccd-4f54-b099-5595021cd3a4 X-Archives-Hash: 175044ff262a99c92c5ff27910a1f5fd 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