[solved] Complete system freeze on startx since kernel 2.6.29

SanskritFritz · 2009-07-01 11:25:32

Since the upgrade to 2.6.29 and also in 2.6.30 the system completely freezes on certain scenarios, even the sysrq magic cannot help in this case:

1. Ctrl-Alt-F1, login, then

sudo /etc/rc.d/kdm stop
startx

and the screen goes blank.

or

2. I'm trying to switch to another user from within KDE4, and the screen goes blank.

Please help me to solve this problem.

Last edited by SanskritFritz (2009-08-14 07:24:06)

SpeedVin · 2009-07-01 12:44:07

Hello
Was you trying another WM/DE?

SanskritFritz · 2009-07-01 14:49:30

No, not yet. Any recommendations?

SanskritFritz · 2009-07-01 22:23:24

Same happens with Openbox.

SanskritFritz · 2009-07-03 07:44:31

BringUpMyPost
I'm planning to downgrade to 2.6.28, but there will be some side effects i quess, as lot of packages and stuff has been changed with 2.6.30.
Please help me.

SanskritFritz · 2009-07-20 20:23:43

It is the nvidia driver's fault. With nv everything works normally. But the nv driver is too slow

SanskritFritz · 2009-08-14 07:23:35

With the new kernel and nvidia upgrade, the problem disappeared. Wheeeew finally!

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#1 2009-07-01 11:25:32

[solved] Complete system freeze on startx since kernel 2.6.29

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Re: [solved] Complete system freeze on startx since kernel 2.6.29

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