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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:02:31 +0000 |
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John <john@×××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:41:25 -0500 |
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> Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.edu> wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 06:58:08PM +0000, John wrote: |
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> > > Whenever I logout my machine crashes to a black screen and |
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> > > is unresponsive. I cannot get into any terminals and have to |
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> > > reboot. It is a problem with my nvidia-drivers - have |
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> > > uninstalled nvidia-drivers and used X11 "nv" drivers and |
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> > > all works fine. |
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> > > Tried various login managers and still the same issue. Use |
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> > > xfce. Machine shuts down ok but only happens when I logout and |
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> > > wish to change user. |
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> > > Any help would be appreciated |
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> > Anything in Xorg logs? System logs? |
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> > How hard is the lock-up? Is it just the terminal (can you ssh into |
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> > the machine? does it respond to pings?)? Is it a kernel thing? |
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> > What about other (older) versions of nVidia drivers? Which card and |
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> > which driver are you using now? |
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> > W |
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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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Sorry - shutdown no longer works and systems goes to black screen |
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Seems as though reinstalling nvidia drivers has made matters worse!!! |
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John D Maunder |
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john@××××××××××××××××××.uk |
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