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Weird X shutdown behavior
voidmain:
You could always try commenting out some of the "Modules" in the XF86Config-4 file and see if any of them are causing the problem. Very strange that there were several documents on that Linux laptop site where people said it was running really well on their 4000 (some with the same video card you have) and didn't mention having this problem. I assume you already searched Dell's web site? Of course Dell's web site is about useless when it comes to Linux issues.
triston1976:
asdf,
Did you try V..Main()'s suggestion about secure shell... If not you might want to verify by that method...
1. ssh into the box from another system.
2. try to emulate the laptops halt problem (on the laptop).
3. when it locks... run "top", "ps -ef | grep x" or anything from the remote system.
4. if you can run remote commands your "system" isn't locked at all.
I'd also be interested to see if the problems occur when you set your DISPLAY to the remote machine and execute a similar logout process...
Do you have another box with an Xserver running?
asdf:
quote:Originally posted by SuSEFuckingRulZ:
asdf,
Did you try V..Main()'s suggestion about secure shell... If not you might want to verify by that method...
1. ssh into the box from another system.
2. try to emulate the laptops halt problem (on the laptop).
3. when it locks... run "top", "ps -ef | grep x" or anything from the remote system.
4. if you can run remote commands your "system" isn't locked at all.
I'd also be interested to see if the problems occur when you set your DISPLAY to the remote machine and execute a similar logout process...
Do you have another box with an Xserver running?
--- End quote ---
Tried that. The machine's *really* locked up. Argh :mad:
asdf:
I'm thinking this may have something to do with my driver. I know XF86 supports my video card but when I run SuperProbe it tells me that it doesn't recognize my video card.
But the crappy thing about Red Hat is its stupid RPM system. Can I safely delete XFree using RPM and install the binaries from xfree86.org?
voidmain:
Sure you can. First do a "rpm -qa | grep XFree" and then "rpm -e" each of them, of course there will be a *lot* of screaming about dependency problems if you remove it (i.e. KDE needs it, Gnome needs it etc). You can also use the graphical RPM manager if you are more comfortable with it. There are a couple of ways to get around that. One is to remove all the packages that depend on X and the other is to add the "--force" option. Changing out X and installing from the XFree site can be challenging if you've never done it.
Also, there are a couple of companies that produce Accelerated X servers at a fairly hefty price (MetroX for instance). I believe they have a trial download. You might try it just to see if it behaves the same way. Also, did you search the web site of the chipset manufacture (ATI)? I have accelerated drivers that I have downloaded from the nVidia site for my Geforce card, ATI might have similar drivers on their web site.
One thing I recall reading in the documentation on the 4000 on the Linux Laptop site is you don't want to do the video card probe but I could be mistaken on that. Wish I had the answer for ya, I feel your pain if that's any consolation. I would love to get my hands on it and try and make it work.
[ February 24, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
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