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Only for a few days this machine has been locking up once in a while |
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while reading gmail. This could be a pretty particular bug, but I |
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thought I'd ask here if anyone recognizes any of this. |
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-mga driver --- matrox mistique |
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-e17 |
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-recent xorg updates: |
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xorg-server |
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xorg-x11 |
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xf86-input-mouse |
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xf86-input-keyboard |
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-often or always with gmail |
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-firefox or galeon as the browser |
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These lockups occur when scrolling, either wth the wheel or the sidebar. |
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Often or usually or always with gmail, scrolling the folderlist. |
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I had applied a fix of the mga drivers for this card, a very old pci |
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card, as recommended by Hans-Werner Hilse on teh gentoo-user list in |
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November 2005. This fix seems to take care of scrolling issues for |
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this card, and I have had to apply it every time xf86-mga-driver is |
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updated or recompiled, during the compilation stage. |
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I think this unofficial fix may have finally become incompatible with |
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something, as when I have recompiled the mga drivers without this fix, |
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the lock up is not happening. |
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Time for a new video card? Or can I eke another few months out of this one? |
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Alan Davis |
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<hilse@×××.de> to gentoo-user |
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More options 11/20/05 |
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