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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
