Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get the GUI to stay up for more than a minute or so before crashing

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

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On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 4:01 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I think the rig and video card are fine.  I did try a different card and
version of nvidia drivers once tho.  Same thing.  At first, I tried the
nouveau drivers.  All the bootable media uses that driver.  When I tried it
on my install, it was very slow and the mouse pointer was very jerky.  It
was horrible.  I removed those drivers and installed nvidia.  Sadly, things
got worse.
>
> I'll boot into Kubuntu again and see what info it has.  The ones I
attached tho is all there was. Either it doesn't have those files or the
files were blank.  I think Xorg and messages was all there was.
>
> I'm out of steam.  May boot Kubuntu and let it sit while I nap.  It
worked for several minutes last time tho.  It seemed to work fine.  Very
fast too, unlike on my install.
>

Yeah, I can hear the frustration and weariness in your writing. However I
know you are up to fixing this.

One additional experiment you can do, and I suspect Kubuntu passes every
time, is boot the machine with the monitor plugged into each port one at a
time. Do complete power downs between each boot. If Kubuntu comes up it
will really tell you a stable, tested OS has solved these problems. If it
doesn't then that's good info also.

I think possibly you purchased a Quadro adapter? I don't know how popular
those are amongst this crowd but they have been very popular in business
settings. That might make a bigger difference in terms of the nvidia driver
vs the Open Source one.

Good luck with your machine,
Mark

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