On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 22:07:13 -0700, Summer Brooks <brooksj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I say resolved, because the problem is definitely not solved, but > my issues with FC3 as originally posted here a little over a week > ago are no longer an issue. > > Initially, after an upgrade from RH9 to FC3, my monitor would lock > up during the switch to the login panel from boot messages, and the > desktop would lock up during normal use. The login panel freeze up > could be resolved by unplugging the monitor -- when plugged back in, > the Fedora login screen would be there, and normal login procedures > could be attempted. > > The lockups during normal use could only be resolved by hard booting > the machine, and for the most part seemed to happen whenever I > was using a web-based form (blog interface, Yahoo Mail interface, etc). > > I initially erroneously thought this had something to do with my > adding packages to be able to use exmh, because the behavior didn't > assert itself until after I'd added those packages, suffered a crash > and rebooted. > > Turns out the problem might be video card related. > > Something about Xorg or FC3 did not want to play nice with my 19" > Viewsonic VX900-2 LCD monitor and the nVidia GeForce 440 MX card, > which was in the AGP slot. A replacement ATI Radeon 9200SE AGP > card exhibited the same behavior, in both situations listed above. > > A replacement Radeon 9200SE PCI card did not exhibit the usage > behavior during 5 days of consistent use, and attempts to do the > same things that had locked up the system previously did not produce > repeat behavior. The login panel lockup did happen with the Radeon > PCI card, but I have fixed that problem... with a DVI cable. > > I'd been using the SVGA cable under RH9, and a little while ago, > I shut down the system to switch it out and use the DVI connector > instead. > > Imagine my surprise when the system switched from text-based boot > messages to the login panel without a hitch. > > So this is either an AGP problem, or a problem with signals being > used over the SVGA cable. I honestly no longer care not, because my > system works now... even the 200Gb Seagate USB/Firewire drive worked > first time out :) I may at some point get curious enough to > plug the nVidia back in and use the DVI cable to see if the problem > still pops up, but that's unlikely. > > Thanks for the suggestions while I was debugging this issue... and > I hope someone takes a deeper look at what's going on here. It's > definitely wacky. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Summer Brooks, WildHorse.com I will choose a Path that's clear > brooksj at wildhorse dot com I will choose Free Will > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I dont know if this helps you at all, but I have had all the same problems you have. All the way down to the same problems on a 9200 but not on a pci. I found to problems resolved when I disabled agp all together. I only know how to do this with the commercial nvidia driver: "option" "NVAgp" "0" Havent had a problem since. Over 2 weeks up. (I still have to boot into windows every now and again. =( but well see about that) No even questionable activity and the system has been rock solid. -Matt
