X hanging system mostly at startx and when idle

leo2501 · 2009-05-08 02:15:08

The issue is like this... about a month ago, when i start the pc, and login in console, when i "startx" sometimes dwm (or X I don't know) simply hangs, i see a blank (dark) screen and no matter what i press it doesn't come back

it also happends, whenever the kernel updates, that the first time i "startx" (after I reboot with the new kernel), the screen turns black, and dwm doesn't show up, making it unresponsive, and the only way to fix it is with a hard reset

other times, i simply leave the computer for a moment, and when i come back i find it that way, no matter what i press, it doesn't respond...

It's an MSI Wind netbook, intel 945 graphics card
my xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
#    InputDevice    "SynapticsTouchpad"  "SendCoreEvents"
#    InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
#    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection


Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
    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  "ddc"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
#    Load  "type1"
    Load  "vbe"
#    Load  "record"
    Load  "extmod"
#    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "synaptics"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
#    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
#    Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
#    Option "AIGLX" "true"
    Option "BlankTime" "0" #This blanks screen
    Option "StandbyTime" "0" #This is DPMS
    Option "SuspendTime" "0" #DPMS
    Option "OffTime" "0" #DPMS
EndSection


#Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
#    Driver      "keyboard"
#    Option      "CoreKeyboard"
#    Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
#    Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
#    Option      "XkbLayout" "es"
#EndSection


#Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier      "USB Mouse"
#    Driver          "mouse"
#    Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
#    Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
#    Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
#    Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
#    Option          "Buttons"               "5"
#EndSection


#Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier  "Touchpad"
#    Driver  "synaptics"
#    Option  "Device"   "/dev/input/mouse0"
#    Option  "Protocol"   "auto-dev"
#    Option  "LeftEdge"   "130"
#    Option  "RightEdge"   "840"
#    Option  "TopEdge"   "130"
#    Option  "BottomEdge"   "640"
#    Option  "FingerLow"   "7"
#    Option  "FingerHigh"   "8"
#    Option  "MaxTapTime"   "180"
#    Option  "MaxTapMove"   "110"
#    Option  "EmulateMidButtonTime"   "75"
#    Option  "VertScrollDelta"   "20"
#    Option  "HorizScrollDelta"   "20"
#    Option  "MinSpeed"   "0.25"
#    Option  "MaxSpeed"   "0.50"
#    Option  "AccelFactor"   "0.010"
#    Option  "EdgeMotionMinSpeed"   "200"
#    Option  "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed"   "200"
#    Option  "UpDownScrolling"   "1"
#    Option  "CircularScrolling"   "1"
#    Option  "CircScrollDelta"   "0.1"
#    Option  "CircScrollTrigger"   "2"
#    Option  "SHMConfig"   "on"
#    Option  "Emulate3Buttons"   "on"
#    Option   "VertTwoFingerScroll"   "1"
#    Option   "HorizTwoFingerScroll"  "1"
#EndSection


#Section "Monitor"
#    Identifier   "Monitor0"
#    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
#    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
#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     "ColorKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"             # <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"           # <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "intel"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName   "Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
#    Option      "AccelMethod" "xaa"
#    Option      "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
#    Option      "ExaNoComposite" "false"
#    Option      "RenderAccel" "true"
#    Option      "AccelMethod" "UXA"
    Option      "DRI" "true"
#    Option      "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
#    Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
#    Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Virtual 2704 1050
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
        Modes     "1680x1050" "1024x600" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
        Modes     "1680x1050" "1024x600" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes     "1680x1050" "1024x600" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection


#Section "Extensions"
#    Option "Composite" "Enable"
#EndSection

hacosta · 2009-06-23 14:32:33

Did you manage to solve this? I'm having the same problem

thayer · 2009-06-23 19:13:28

The strange thing is that Libby and I both have identical Acer Aspire One's and while mine has been fine, her's has been hanging upon login at random intervals. However, in her case I am able to fall back to another tty, kill X and then re-login again without problems. We have identical configs, right down to running dwm...I'll see if I can find something that sets them apart.

Last edited by thayer (2009-06-23 19:14:35)

leo2501 · 2009-06-24 11:47:43

well i workaround it... i reinstall and use Arch Rollback Machine, and set it before the 7.4 xorg upgrade, then i installed everything... so im using an outdated system, but stable... it's the only "solution" that fits my needs... maybe until the 2.8.0 intel drivers go out, or a newer kernel, i don't know...

all other workarounds, and xorg.conf's configs, make some things work like vga output (important to me), but get lockups, or viceversa... so i'll stick with this for a while

Arch Linux

#1 2009-05-08 02:15:08

X hanging system mostly at startx and when idle

#2 2009-06-23 14:32:33

Re: X hanging system mostly at startx and when idle

#3 2009-06-23 19:13:28

Re: X hanging system mostly at startx and when idle

#4 2009-06-24 11:47:43

Re: X hanging system mostly at startx and when idle

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