It seems that X started freezing for me

Deusdies · 2014-07-07 02:56:47

I've recently purchased the nVidia GTX760 to replace my ATI HD7850 graphic card (which, albeit powerful, has a fair share of driver issues). However, something started happening after I plugged in nVidia. Every now and then, it seems that the X would freeze. Now I'm not sure if X is freezing or what, so I'll explain the symptoms: I cannot click anywhere, it won't respond to anything. I can move my mouse and switch to tty1 (and others), and even go back to my X session. When I go back to the X session, one window would be completely black (no borders or content or anything) - and that window from what I've noticed so far is always Google Chrome (not sure if that's relevant at all, since Chrome is always opened for me).

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Korrode · 2014-07-07 06:53:09

Assuming you've installed the proprietary nvidia driver and confirmed it's running, as a test, try the LTS kernel:

pacman -S linux-lts nvidia-lts
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
reboot

(iirc grub command is different for UEFI systems, consult the wiki)
Select the LTS kernel at the Grub menu.

Deusdies · 2014-07-08 00:38:57

Just to confirm - installing this kernel will not remove the existing one, correct? In other words, GRUB will offer both the lts and the non-lts versions of the kernel?

Thanks.

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#1 2014-07-07 02:56:47

It seems that X started freezing for me

#2 2014-07-07 06:53:09

Re: It seems that X started freezing for me

#3 2014-07-08 00:38:57

Re: It seems that X started freezing for me

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