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On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:32:31 am John wrote: |
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> Nothing in Xorg logs, system logs |
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> Lockup is complete - machine is totally unresposive even to ssh/ping |
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> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.82 |
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> Kernel version 2.6.27-gentoo-r7 |
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> Card is Geforce GO 6100. |
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> PC is laptop and logout has been working, maybe a update has done this |
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> and i have missed it. |
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> Is this common? |
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> Using syslog-ng, if you could advise on a config that may pick |
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> something up in logs |
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I had a similar problem on my HP Compaq laptop, but not limited to just |
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logging out of an Xorg session, the hard freeze could occur at any time. |
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The solution for me was to add 'noapic nolapic noirqdebug' to my kernel's boot |
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parameters in grub.conf (see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel- |
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parameters.txt). |
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How does this relate to the nvidia driver not working and Xorg's 'nv' driver |
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working you might ask. The nvidia propietary driver claims/shares an IRQ, the |
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'nv' driver does not (AFAICT). |
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Either the APIC on my laptop or Linux's implementation of using it is buggy, |
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but the best result for me was to disable it using the above kernel |
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parameters. |
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Something to try anyway, hope it helps :) |
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Cheers, |
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Rick |
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