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Weird X shutdown behavior
asdf:
If it helps, I did a little research on my part.
In my /var/log/messages, the last thing my computer says before it freezes is the following:
Feb 23 23:18:53 microsuck gdm(pam_unix)[1347]: session closed for user john
Feb 23 23:18:53 microsuck gnome-name-server[1499]: input condition is: 0x11, exiting
Feb 23 23:18:53 microsuck gdm[1347]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
This isn't a gdm problem because it happens whenever I shut down X. It has something to do with X screwing up. It seems that gdm had reacted to the error X made before my machine locked up. But nothing after that.
voidmain:
First of all, are you *sure* the machine is locked up or you just have no video? i.e. does your CAPS LOCK light up with you hit CAPS lock? If you press CNTL+ALT+DEL does it shut down and reboot? If you blindly type commands (like "find /") do you see the hard drive light flash? This is the type of problem I used to have with various laptops, it wasn't locked up it just had no video after leaving X. An easier way to check is to see if you can telnet/ssh to your laptop from another machine (if you are on a network).
If it's just "no video" then I found a page where a guy had a similar problem on his Inspiron 4000 and he just pressed "Fn+F8" a couple of times and it brought his video back. I read this in one of the Inspiron 4000 links here:
http://www.linux-laptop.net/dell.html
voidmain:
Oh, and if it really *is* hard locked and not just "no video" then I would also try turning off APM as a test (at the LILO/GRUB boot prompt add a kernel parameter: apm=no). I have seen APM cause similiar problems (and also play with DPMS settings in your X config).
asdf:
quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
First of all, are you *sure* the machine is locked up or you just have no video? i.e. does your CAPS LOCK light up with you hit CAPS lock? If you press CNTL+ALT+DEL does it shut down and reboot? If you blindly type commands (like "find /") do you see the hard drive light flash? This is the type of problem I used to have with various laptops, it wasn't locked up it just had no video after leaving X. An easier way to check is to see if you can telnet/ssh to your laptop from another machine (if you are on a network).
If it's just "no video" then I found a page where a guy had a similar problem on his Inspiron 4000 and he just pressed "Fn+F8" a couple of times and it brought his video back. I read this in one of the Inspiron 4000 links here:
http://www.linux-laptop.net/dell.html
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No, the machine totally freezes up. I type things, press keys, and nothing happens. Hitting the CRT/LCD key a few times doesn't help. The machine's actually locked up.
asdf:
quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
Oh, and if it really *is* hard locked and not just "no video" then I would also try turning off APM as a test (at the LILO/GRUB boot prompt add a kernel parameter: apm=no). I have seen APM cause similiar problems (and also play with DPMS settings in your X config).
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Nope. I just tried booting with APM disabled but I'm still experiencing that lockup. Could this have something to do with XF86Config-4? If so, what possible things could be wrong in there?
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