System freeze - is X the reason?

[Juergen Gaida]

Alex,

ah, ok, wasnt sure about "any"...sometimes a problem for non-native EN'ers.

I will give it a try.

Is there some explanation behind these switches?
What is then about all the acceleration (3D, Direct???) of the card and the so called compositor...
(I am quite new to Linux, so I am not used to this terminology and all that stuff).

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Jürgen


--- Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> schrieb am Mo, 10.11.2008:

> Von: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com>
> Betreff: Re: System freeze - is X the reason?
> An: jpg153 at yahoo.de
> CC: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Datum: Montag, 10. November 2008, 6:33
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Juergen Gaida
> <jpg153 at yahoo.de> wrote:
> > Alex,
> >
> > somewhat later than expected, but...
> >
> > Finally, my Zenwalk is up and running since some
> hours...
> >
> > What I did:
> > 1. Went in MB BIOS and set AGP Speed to 4x (instead of
> 8x (was before) or automatic)
> > 2. Applied the changes you proposed in Xorg.conf (all
> 3 lines in the graphic card device section)
> >
> > So, what did the trick?
> >
> > How can I/we get to the point to know which of the
> settings makes the system stable or the opposite?
> >
> 
> Try each setting (driver and bios) individually.  The
> options I suggested:
> Option "DRI" "False"
> Option "AGPMode" "4"
> Option "BusType" "PCI"
> only have an effect individually.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> > Any hint where to start and any 'stress test'
> to get a result sooner than after hours or days?
> >
> > Thank you so far!
> >
> > Best regards
> > Jürgen
> >
> > --- Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> schrieb
> am Fr, 7.11.2008:
> >
> >> Von: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com>
> >> Betreff: Re: System freeze - is X the reason?
> >> An: jpg153 at yahoo.de
> >> CC: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> >> Datum: Freitag, 7. November 2008, 0:00
> >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Juergen Gaida
> >> <jpg153 at yahoo.de> wrote:
> >> > Alex,
> >> >
> >> > I will try, but its midnite, so maybe later
> on Friday.
> >> >
> >>
> >> No problem.
> >>
> >> > Other observation: When the system is getting
> off from
> >> pute Text output, some messages get fancy letters
> (looks
> >> like everything kyrillic and all kind of
> "extra"
> >> signs).
> >> > Does it mean anything?
> >> >
> >>
> >> the vga fonts may not be restored properly.
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
> >> > Thank you so far
> >> > jpg
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --- Alex Deucher
> <alexdeucher at gmail.com> schrieb
> >> am Do, 6.11.2008:
> >> >
> >> >> Von: Alex Deucher
> <alexdeucher at gmail.com>
> >> >> Betreff: Re: System freeze - is X the
> reason?
> >> >> An: jpg153 at yahoo.de
> >> >> CC: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> >> >> Datum: Donnerstag, 6. November 2008,
> 23:33
> >> >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Juergen
> Gaida
> >> >> <jpg153 at yahoo.de> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> > I am having serious trouble in
> getting
> >> Zenwalk 5.2
> >> >> running on my machine - currently the
> only Linux
> >> running is
> >> >> the Knoppix 4.0 Live-CD (I have tested
> several).
> >> >> > Zenwalk 5.2 installs, but freezes
> randomly,
> >> but soon.
> >> >> > The Xorg.O.log tells a lot, but I
> dont
> >> understand lot
> >> >> of this stuff.
> >> >> > However, at the end of the log,
> there is a
> >> >> "tossed event" and some other
> lines
> >> which tell me
> >> >> no good.
> >> >> > But where to start solving the
> problem - if
> >> thats the
> >> >> cause of freezing the system.
> >> >> > I have put the log file on pastebin:
> >> >> > http://pastebin.com/m23e8d2d5
> >> >>
> >> >> It could be.  Do any of the following
> option help
> >> (add them
> >> >> to the
> >> >> device section of your config):
> >> >> Option "DRI" "False"
> >> >> Option "AGPMode" "4"
> >> >> Option "BusType"
> "PCI"
> >> >>
> >> >> Alex
> >> >>
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