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From: Richard Reich <rreich@×××××××.com>
To: Arun Thomas <arun@××××××××.edu>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Fixed the problem
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:47:49
Message-Id: 1035650870.15339.9.camel@loki.rdrtech.net
1 I use the via82cxxx_audio module which is an OSS module, I don't use
2 alsa yet. Once I unloaded that gnome-session worked fine. Really it
3 wasn't gnome-session that was the problem, it was the software accessing
4 the sound system that was triggering the lockup.
5
6 -Richard Reich
7
8 On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 11:59, Arun Thomas wrote:
9 > What kind of soundcard do you have? Are you running alsa? I'm runing
10 > into a similar problem.
11 >
12 > Thanks,
13 > Arun
14 >
15 > On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 23:03, Richard Reich wrote:
16 > > It appears that it is a bug with the sound card that I have.
17 > > gnome-session, upon initilizing the sound would cause the system to lock
18 > > up.
19 > >
20 > > -Richard Reich
21 > > On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 16:14, Richard Reich wrote:
22 > > > Hi,
23 > > >
24 > > > I'm having a problem with my system locking up when gnome-session is
25 > > > started. It isn't just X locking up, I can't even ping the box once
26 > > > it's locked up.
27 > > >
28 > > > My system is a DFI AK47-EC motherboard, with a Riva TNT2 video card. I
29 > > > have a 950Mhz Athlon-Tbird CPU, with 768MB of RAM. The lockup happens
30 > > > if I use the open source or propritary driver, via chainging
31 > > > XF86Config-4 between Driver "nv" and Driver "nvidia" in the Device
32 > > > section.
33 > > >
34 > > > My compile flags are...
35 > > >
36 > > >
37 > > > CFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon-tbird -march=athlon-tbird -mmmx -m3dnow
38 > > > -mfpmath=387 -O2 -pipe"
39 > > > CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
40 > > >
41 > > > I've tried other gnome apps such as evolution, nautilus, and xchat 1.9.3
42 > > > with AA fonts, and these all work. When I launch gnome-session I only
43 > > > see the splash screen with no icons along the bottom when the pc locks
44 > > > up. Does anybody know of a solution to this?
45 > > >
46 > > > Thanks in advance and thanks for a great distro
47 > > > Richard Reich
48 > > >
49 > > >
50 > > >
51 > > >
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