Arch Linux

Sin Om

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From: Detmold / Germany

Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 5

Arch running unstable

Hi everyone
I need some help. I'm a total newbie to arch and Linux in genereal. I managed to install and configure Arch so it is compareable to windows. The hardware seems to work as it should. I'm using KDE as graphic user interface. But I have one problem: Every once in a while Arch just freezes up and si not reacting to anything and the only thing I can do is pressing the reset button. As you can imagine that is quite annoying. Anyone have an idea?

Here soem details of my PC:
~145 GB Windows Partition
~104 GB Arch Partition
~    1 GB SWAP Partition

AMD Turion 5200+

2 GB RAM
http://leo.dict.org/
Nvidia GeForce 8600GT

If you need more information just say.

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broch

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From: L.A. California

Registered: 2006-11-13

Posts: 975

Re: Arch running unstable

this might be caused by the bug in the nvidia drivers:
bug is fixed in the latest beta
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthr … 6&t=102509

Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 8 series GPUs.

of course it might be something else.
one place to check would be
/var/log/messages.log

32-bit nvidia beta driver
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … 69.04.html
64-bit nvidia beta driver
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … 69.04.html

kakTuZ

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From: Hannover, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-20

Posts: 86

Re: Arch running unstable

-what motherborad/chipset are you using?
-You could check your RAM with memtest
-windows runs stable?

rson451

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From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

Posts: 1,233

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Re: Arch running unstable

this might be caused by the bug in the nvidia drivers:
bug is fixed in the latest beta
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthr … 6&t=102509

Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 8 series GPUs.

of course it might be something else.
one place to check would be
/var/log/messages.log

32-bit nvidia beta driver
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … 69.04.html
64-bit nvidia beta driver
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … 69.04.html

no way. ive had this happen to me on two installs now and just didnt bother looking into it. i'll certainly be checking this out. ty.

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mcmillan

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Registered: 2006-04-06

Posts: 737

Re: Arch running unstable

I've had similar freezes happen when running compiz-fusion, though it behaves itself using the standard kde window manager. You didn't say anything about compiz, but I figured I'd throw that out as a possible issue as well.

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: Arch running unstable

I have a 8600 GT and my arch install is stable. I do not use kde though.

Sin Om

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From: Detmold / Germany

Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 5

Re: Arch running unstable

- Maiboard: Asrock ALiveNF6G-DVI w/ nForce 430 Chipset
- Windows is running stable
- memtest  I'm gonna try that
Thanks for all the answers

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Sin Om

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From: Detmold / Germany

Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 5

Re: Arch running unstable

ok MemTest did not show any errors

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sjb933

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 113

Re: Arch running unstable

Next time it locks up, try hitting CTRL + ALT + F1  to go to a console.  That was you will be able to see if the whole system is frozen, or just Xorg (which i would possibly anticipate if it's video driver related). 

You can hit CTRL + ALT + F7 to return to your kde.  This may not be that helpful, but it seems worth a shot.

-Shane

Last edited by sjb933 (2007-12-04 16:17:17)

Sin Om

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From: Detmold / Germany

Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 5

Re: Arch running unstable

well when it freezes even pressin CTRL + ALT + anything does not help in any way....

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jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: Arch running unstable

then its not video related, as stated before, u have a hardware issue somewhere.

frankifol

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Registered: 2007-11-12

Posts: 46

Re: Arch running unstable

I have had the same problem: pc freezed when not used. When I start to use it again I can only move the mouse pointer. It stars to work again after a minute or more. I switched of compiz-fusion and Ihave no more freeze...apparently,...

Sin Om

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From: Detmold / Germany

Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 5

Re: Arch running unstable

Ok the problem was easily solved by not using a wlan adapter and ndiswrapper.... now im using the usual lan-cable....

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