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On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 08:09:27PM +0200, Yoav Luft wrote: |
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> ok, it happened in X, and happened several times. I suspect it happens |
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> only when the screen is supposed to go to standby, but it's only |
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> suspicion, not a fact. I've changed the kernel settings lately, |
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> without installing the new kernel yet, and I'm about to do that now, |
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> with magic SysReq, just in case. |
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> I'm not sure if the system is really ideal, or just that application |
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> are unresponsive. |
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> While writing this mail I've managed to recreate the symptoms by |
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> pressing ctrl+alt+F1. I have an intel video card, and remember having |
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> some problems with it. |
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> |
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> What log should I check? I never tried to track down this kind of |
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> error in the past. |
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kernel log, maybe. (If you use metalog, the default should be under |
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/var/log/kernel/) X log (/var/log/Xorg.?.log) |
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If your computer has sshd open, you can try to ssh-in from another |
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computer. If you can get in, at least you don't have a full-blown |
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kernel panic. |
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What kernel settings did you tweak? Installed a new kernel maybe? |
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Which kernel version? |
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With an intel video card, are you using kernel mode setting? |
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Do you have a "previous" kernel where everything is working? If so, |
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what are the diffs between the configs? [Yes, a situation like this is |
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why it is nice to either save your kernel configs or save the old |
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bzimage with /proc/config.gz enabled.] |
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Cheers, |
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W |
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Willie W. Wong wwong@××××××××××××××.edu |
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Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire |
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et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton |
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