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On 6/19/08, Bob Sanders <rsanders@...> wrote:
> Tonko Mulder, mused, then expounded:
>
> > Hello list,
>  >
>  > I have gentoo installed on my laptop[1] and everything is working fine
>  > except for one thing.
>  > Every time when I emerge something and even when I don't my laptop
>  > first hangs and than the screen goes black.
>  >
>  > This only happens when I use X, when I'm working with console only it
>  > doesn't hang.
>  >
>  > Does anyone got an idea what's causing this?
>  >
>
>
> What version of X?  Given that your running - ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
>  along with baselayout 2, having it be unstable is not surprising.
That's kinda weird, since my make.conf only has ~amd64.
About baselayout, I had this before I migrated to baselayout-2.

>
>  And from my rather limited experience with the ATI 690 chipset, I'm rather
>  impressed that it's only X that's losing sync and not the whole laptop that
>  freezing up.
When it's freezing, my only option is to hold the power switch >3 sec.
The laptop is then turned of and usually I wait a few seconds before I
turn it on.
It doesn't seem like a heat issue cause then I shouldn't be able to
turn it on that quick.

Virtual consoles won't work when the freeze occurs and neither will
the num/caps/scroll-lock buttons.
>
>  But, if a screen goes blank, it typically means the Gfx adapter is not running
>  the correct vertical and hoizontial freqencies that the LCD screen can
>  handle.  But that assuming that it's only the screen that's locking up.
>
>  Have you tried setting it up for remote login and ssh'ing in from another
>  system when this happens?
No I haven't, I'll try that next time.

>
>  Bob
>
This or was a new install on new hardware, I bought the laptop in
February and installed gentoo on it, I've had the freezing since.
This freezing is the only part of the laptop which doesn't work like
it should, the rest is fine.
>
>  > Kinds regards, Tonko
>  >
>  >
>  > [1] http://jtt-tonko.blogspot.com/2008/06/laptop-info.html
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