2012/7/23 SanskritFritz <sanskritfritz@xxxxxxxxx> > When I do a videochat in skype, the whole system freezes after a > while. This while can be a couple to 10+ minutes. The system locks up > usually when I start or close some other apps in the background. When > it happens the screen doesnt change anymore, and the sound stutters > the last half second over and over again. > Nothing helps, not even the magic sysrq keys (REISUB), which otherwise > do work (tested it). > I suspect this could be a result of a new videocard in the system (the > problem started around that time, when I swapped the old GeForce 7300 > GS to a new 8600 GT), but everything else works flawlessly, 3D games, > movies, compiz, everything, except skype. Is it possible that a > hardware problem causes a problem of this magnitude only with skype? > I couldn't find anything in the logfiles after reboot. There is no > overheating of the nvidia card or cpu, I constantly check it with > conky. > Later I'm going to switch back to the old videocard, and test, to see > if it is hardware related. > Please help me to find the problem if software related. > Cheers > SanskritFritz > Any hint from /var/log/errors? Else any hint from calling skype from a terminal and observing tty output? Regards.
