On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Takehiko Abe <keke@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> If your laptop uses Intel graphics, the culprit might be: >>> >>> Âhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528312 >>> >>> I had a similar problem and was able to fix it by undoing the fedora >>> patch for xorg-x11-drv-intel as suggested by Colin Macdonald: >>> >> >> I had similar problem with HP NC8000 (fedora 13 2.6.34.7-61.fc13.i686 >> #1 SMP). I found the desktop got frozen when firefox is playing some >> video stuff. > > My problem was a bit different in that firefox is not involved. So no > guarantee. Please refer to the above bug #528312. The bug report is > long and there are multiple fixes proposed. > >> >> could you give a detailed steps on how you did this? thank >> > > The origin: > > ÂComment #70 > Âhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528312#c70 > > Short version: > > Â1. Downloaded xorg-x11-drv-intel source. > Â2. Build it without uevent.patch > > Long version: > > 1. Downloaded xorg-x11-drv-intel source. > > Â $ yumdownloader --source xorg-x11-drv-intel > > 2. Install packages required for building the package. > > Â $ sudo yum-builddep xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.11.0-5.fc13.src.rpm > > 3. Create ~/rpmbuild tree and install src files there > > Â $ rpmdev-setuptree > Â $ rpm -ivh xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.11.0-5.fc13.src.rpm > > 4. Move to ~/rpmbuild > > Â $ cd ~/rpmbuild > > 5. Remove uevent.patch > > Â Delete (or comment out) the two lines from > Â SPECS/xorg-x11-drv-intel.spec : > > Â "Patch60: uevent.patch" > > Â and > > Â "%patch60 -p1 -b .uevent" > > 6. Build > > Â $ rpmbuild -bb SPECS/xorg-x11-drv-intel.spec > > 7. Install > > Â $ sudo rpm -i --force RPMS/XXX/xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.11.0-5.fc13.XXX.rpm thanks, after installation of locally-built xorg-x11-drv-intel, I feel it fixed partially the problem. The desktop is still intermittently freezing, but less frequent. my observations are: this is very likely caused by Firefox's npviewer.bin in my case, this occurred after kenerl upgraded to kernel-2.6.34 my temperate work-around is installation of flashblock plugin > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- Linux Toys http://linuxishbell.wordpress.com/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
