HI well my laptop does freeze at boot, 1 to 4 times in a row, plus the reboot it reboots if i try to play quake4 or googleearth, yes it just reboots, I already tryed al versions of nvidia driver and it does the same thing btw: dont buy compaq laptops to run linux On 7/25/07, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dawning Sky wrote: > >> > >> From what I have gathered from different forums and bug lists is that > >> this is not directly a driver issue but an issue between the driver and > >> kernel. It seems to occur with different video drivers. > >> > >> On one forum, it was reported by someone that they compiled their own > >> kernel without CFS support and all their freezups were gone. > >> > > > > Is this CFS Completely Fair Scheduler? I thought it would go into the > > kernel at 2.6.23? I hate to compile the kernel. Haven't done that > > for many years. Maybe I'll just stick with the nv driver, if my > > machine stops freezing. > > > > DS > > Yes, > > I understood that it was in the present kernel but I am repeating what > was mentioned on the nvidia support forum. But other things I am > reading is that you are correct. If it isn't the CFS, then the posters > comment on the nvidia forum was in error. What I do see is that some of > the CFS code is supposed to be in the kernel though, part of CFQ (?) I > don't understand enough of the coding to fully understand. > > But on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, there is a thread on video issues > with the CFS. > > I know that on my machine at home, even the gnome splash screen will > freeze the system. ssh into it and I see that Xorg is in the 95% range. > > I went to an earlier version of the nvidia driver (I need 3D) and I will > have loss of mouse or keyboard from time to time. If I use mplayer and > change the speed using the "}" key, I lose all input. Strange screen > flashes but I don't end up with a total machine freeze. In gqview, if I > quickly go through images using the space bar, the display will flash > like it loses scanning. > > > This is using the Freshrpms and dkms tools. I have to find some time to > play with the latest kernel and drivers to see what happens. I am > hoping for an evening of rain to give me a reason to stay in the house > and not do yard work or go in the pool. :) > > I have read about this same issue with different video cards so it isn't > just nvidia video cards. There is a bug report on bugzilla about a > different card. > > I am also reading about this happening on different versions of Linux. > -- > Due to the move to Exchange Server, > anything that is a priority, please phone. > Robin Laing > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- [Jorge J. Boscán Etura] quando omni flunkus moritatus
