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ZephiriS

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Registered: 2008-10-19

Posts: 5

KDE freezes

Hello,
Im a real noob at linux. Never used it before

So I tried installing ArchLinux ( as my mate suggested for learning the linux way ) on my laptop.
It went fine.

When I started the XServer it worked fine too, for a few seconds at least.
After 10 seconds the whole PC is frozen _except_ the mouse.
It can move, but neither click or select.

My mate suggested reworking the xorg.conf with the related wikis, but that didn't really help.

The graphic card is an old radeon 9600 and I'm using the OSS driver.

Help me please

ashyanbhog

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From: India

Registered: 2008-08-19

Posts: 49

Re: KDE freezes

Pasting your xorg.conf here will help,

Meanwhile you can also try lightweight desktop environments like lxde,

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDE

ZephiriS

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Registered: 2008-10-19

Posts: 5

Re: KDE freezes

Is there a good way to post it, or do I have to copy it by hand?

ashyanbhog

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From: India

Registered: 2008-08-19

Posts: 49

Re: KDE freezes

if u have another machine on lan, you can setup ssh on the problem machine and log into it from another machine. On Windows you can use putty as the client,

If there is no other machine, you are still in luck,

Assuming you have net connection working on the machine, you can install command line web browser called links, and mail your self the file through a web mail account, you can then use a different machine to paste the content here

$pacman -S links

copy the xorg file to home directory as you'll have to type out the full path in browser,

$links www.gmail.com

in the attach file space, directly type /home/your-username/xorg.conf

i tested this with gmail, and mailed myself a file thru links, so it should work for you,

Use arrow keys to cycle through links and options on the page, you'll have to type out the path to attach the file, make sure you type something in subject line and mesage body to avoid gmail error message,

Last edited by ashyanbhog (2008-10-21 14:15:20)

ZephiriS

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Registered: 2008-10-19

Posts: 5

Re: KDE freezes

Thanks, will do asap!

ZephiriS

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Registered: 2008-10-19

Posts: 5

Re: KDE freezes

/etc/X11/xorg.conf :

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "GLcore"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    #DisplaySize      330   210    # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "QDS"
    ModelName    "14"
    HorizSync    28-64
    VertRefresh  60
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"                # [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"          # <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"                # <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"                # <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"             # <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"       # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"           # <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"              # <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"            # <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DDCMode"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"        # [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"              # [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"       # <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"              # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"     # <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"     # <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"            # <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"          # [<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicClocks"          # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"            # <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"         # <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"             # <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"        # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "radeon"
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
Endsection

Here we go !

Last edited by ZephiriS (2008-10-25 09:33:01)

ZephiriS

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Registered: 2008-10-19

Posts: 5

Re: KDE freezes

Lol -.-

I tried the whole thingy again with the proprietary drivers. It worked.

I still don't know what was wrong beforehand, but well it works now. Maybe we should sort out my problem for others who might have the same issue, too.

EDIT: Yay. New problem. Once I switch from KDE to a virtual terminal and try to go back to KDE again, the screen just turns black with a frozen mouse somewhere on the screen.

EDIT2: The whole PC also seems to hang up from time to time. The screen turns black for no reason ( its not powersave, or shouldnt be~ )

EDIT3: Lol ... Now the PC doesnt get into KDE anymore ............. wtf is up ...

EDIT4: ... I cry . I'll reinstall now ...

EDIT5: Hm ... seems to work for now. Proprietary ATI drivers + KDE once again.

Last edited by ZephiriS (2008-10-26 14:13:35)