Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:22:42 +1000 From: "Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen" <gabpaul@popa.melbpc.org.au> To: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X freezes up... Message-ID: <op.sy1rb4wkrokg8m@b3-203-12-156-134.melbpc.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20050929170104.3f71b71d.albi@scii.nl> References: <op.sxvcvfwrrokg8m@c1-203-12-156-230.melbpc.org.au> <20050929170104.3f71b71d.albi@scii.nl>
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thanks to people here for the assistance on and off the list... setting Options "NoAccel" stopped X from freezing... On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:01:04 +1000, albi <albi@scii.nl> wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:51:05 +1000 > "Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen" <gabpaul@popa.melbpc.org.au> > wrote: > >> been trying to set up a FreeBSD box... >> for any of... >> >> FreeBSD 5.3 or 5.4 in conjunction with X and either gnome or KDE >> >> or Linux (UBUNTU) in conjunction with X and gnome >> >> at some point or other (usually during, shortly after loading, or >> within a >> few minutes of loading) has a meltdown causing total >> system shutout... >> >> my best guess atm is the NVidia onboard graphics is giving me attitude. > > what about faulty RAM ? did you test the RAM-memory ? > http://www.memtest86.com/ > > do the logfiles show signal 11 messages ? > > have you tried booting without APIC ? (in ubuntu try "noapic nolapic" as > kernel-parameters) > > and are you using the xorg-nv-driver or the closed-source nvidia-one ? > > what about irq-conflicts ? try taking out every other card except the > videocard and see what happens > -- ########## Paul van den Bergen, #### # Gabrielle Harrison # # # & Anja van den Bergen # #### # 848 High Street Rd #### # # Glen Waverley VIC 3150 Australia # ###### gabpaul@melbpc.org.au # # ph: +613 9886 3160 ##### mob: 042 886 3160
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