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niclasc

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Registered: 2008-09-08

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Computer freezes

I have a newly installed Arch system that freezes very often. The screen goes black and it doesnt despond to ping. I have to shut it down with the powerbutton.

I have run Memtest and it looks OK.

Where can I look to find whats wrong?

Its a Fujitsu-Siemens SFF computer with Intel graphics and a zd1211 wireless adapter. I'm runnning gdm and Gnome.

/Thanks

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

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Re: Computer freezes

Read the various log files in /var/log and see what they say at, and right before, the freeze.

niclasc

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Registered: 2008-09-08

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Re: Computer freezes

I have tried looking at the logs but cant find anything straange. Any specific log at should look in?

arkham

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Registered: 2008-10-26

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Re: Computer freezes

Maybe it's the cpu temperature?

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niclasc

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Registered: 2008-09-08

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Re: Computer freezes

Maybe it's the cpu temperature?

I dont think so. Its was completely stable when I had Windows XP on it.

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

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Re: Computer freezes

Did you configure kernel mode setting according to the Intel wiki?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Int … Setting.29

My laptop makes trouble if I use X without KMS.

niclasc

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Re: Computer freezes

Did you configure kernel mode setting according to the Intel wiki?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Int … Setting.29

My laptop makes trouble if I use X without KMS.

OK, thanks. I will try this to see if it helps

niclasc

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Registered: 2008-09-08

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Re: Computer freezes

Did you configure kernel mode setting according to the Intel wiki?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Int … Setting.29

My laptop makes trouble if I use X without KMS.

OK, thanks. I will try this to see if it helps

OK, and now the computer frooze again. Any ideas what log files to check?

And after a powerbutton reboot I log in and leave the computer for a couple of minutes and it just feezes without no reason.

Last edited by niclasc (2009-11-22 14:33:16)

niclasc

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Registered: 2008-09-08

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Re: Computer freezes

Still have the same problem. Could it be something with Intel graphics? Any ideas nwhat to check?

grey

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-23

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Re: Computer freezes

You could switch to the vesa graphics driver and see if you still get the freezes.

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niclasc

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Re: Computer freezes

You could switch to the vesa graphics driver and see if you still get the freezes.

I did that but I didnt get the right resolution for my screen. But I will try that and see how that works.

grey

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Registered: 2007-08-23

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Re: Computer freezes

I did that but I didnt get the right resolution for my screen

That's expected. Vesa is not a solution - the point of using it is to see if your machines still freezes. If it does, video-intel is not the culprit.

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niclasc

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Re: Computer freezes

I think I found the problem.

Ive set the screen to go black after 10min. But when I move the mouse to get image back on screen nothing happens. The screen stays black and I have to press the powerbutton.

I have now been running without putting the screen to sleep and it hasent froozen for over 24h now.

Any ideas?