On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 2:31 PM, gary artim <gartim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Richard Shaw wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:48 PM, gary artim <gartim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I just upgraded my wife's laptop to F10 from F9 using preupgrade. >>>>>> other than not having enough free space (had to make some) the install >>>>>> went perfectly. Now I'm having a lockup issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> When it first starts everything hard locks. Then I hear the DvD head >>>>>> moving, some time later I can turn the caps lock on and off but there >>>>>> is a significant delay. Also, the mouse cursor works but nothing else >>>>>> does. I can't do Ctl-Alt-Backspace or get to any of the virtual >>>>>> terminals. Scanning through /var/log/messages I don't see anything >>>>>> useful. Any ideas on where to start? This thing was rock solid under >>>>>> F9. >>>>>> >>>>>> Compaq laptop Turion 64 1.8GHz w/ Radeon 200M chipset. 1GB system ram. >>>>>> Broadcom wireless using native driver. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Richard >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> fedora-list mailing list >>>>>> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>>>> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >>>>>> Guidelines: >>>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >>>>>> >>>>> you could try adding to the grub boot screen a trailing 3 to boot without >>>>> a graphics interface...then login as root and type 'yum update'. >>>>> That's if you can >>>>> get this far... -- Gary >>>> >>>> Actually I did end up trying something like that, so it is now fully >>>> updated... >>>> >>>> Here's a few conditions I've discovered: >>>> >>>> When I log in it seems I have 10-25 minutes before it locks. >>>> If I don't log (leave at login screen) in it does not lock up, but it >>>> locks up almost immediately when I do log in. >>>> It's seems to only be a GUI lock. I can SSH into the machine, however >>>> top doesn't show any process using 100% cpu. >>>> >>>> Any and all ideas are appreceated. This is actually the wife's laptop >>>> which I recently converted to linux. She was a happy F9 user but when >>>> my preupgrade upgrade went so well on my laptop I decided to upgrade >>>> her's as well. Needless to say she's less than thrilled right now. >>>> >>> You must be a newlywed to mess with your wife's *anything* until/unless you >>> are asked to do so. My wife is still on FC7, and she is happy with it. She >>> is behind two levels of firewall, and her (seamonkey) browser is fully >>> updated, and mail goes through my corporate filters, not some ISP. >>> >>> You might diddle the graphics settings on the boot line, video= and/or >>> xdriver= may help. Post video hardware and dmesg details here, hopefully >>> someone can offer useful hints. >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> -- >>> Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> >> >> Well so far today it has been working. BTW, is there a command line >> way to get network manager to connect to wireless? I went to console >> on boot up and was trying to get a connection without logging in (so >> it wouldn't lock up) but couldn't find a way. I ending up logging in >> and immediately going to a virtual terminal. >> >> It's a Radeon 200M video chipset, Plymouth looks great BTW. I was >> thinking of disabling selinux since I was getting AVC errors in the >> system tray, something about updatedb trying to access .gconf2. I did >> the restorecon -v thing it suggested but don't know if it's related to >> the lockup issue. >> >> Actually it just locked up when I was typing this message. Gmail saved >> the draft and I'm finishing it from my laptop. Something interesting >> to note. I used to fix most issues like this by doing a gdm-restart. >> Now under F10 I'm getting "Operation not supported". I did a >> gdm-safe-restart and then the lapop locked up fully (I lost my ssh >> session and couldn't log back in.). The requested dmesg output to >> follow. I've got it saved to a text file but have to get it off her >> computer or post it before it locks up. >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >> > > I had problems with a fglrx (radeon) driver and have an open ticket > which never went far. I went so far as to get a serial cable and > captured the logs from an alternate system - i forget the exact > message but it pointed to the driver. I then switch X drivers from > fglrx to radeon and no freezes. maybe boot to runlevel 3, switch > /etc/X11/xorg.conf from fglrx to radeon -- not sure it this is the > correct protocal for changing the X drive (please correct if wrong), > then start X (startx). Note that when I had this kind of problem I > could boot in runlevel 3 and startx with the original driver and it > wouldn't freeze -- strange. With the radeon driver it worked no > matter. -- gary > Note: this was on fc9, _note_ fc10, forgot to mention -- gary -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
