Fedora Core 2 Instability (Anyone else experience this?)
 

Hey guys, I am having a big problem with FC2. I recently installed Kernel 2.6.6, I had to in order to get my Nvidia drivers to work, I had to recompile it for 8stacks or something to that effect.

Anyway, although I can't reproduce this every time, KDE randomly hangs. It freezes so bad I have to hit the reset button and go through a disk check. This is getting on my nerves and making me think I should go to another distro, the problem doesn't seem to persist in Gnome, but I really don't like Gnome especially after the whole spatial thing. I want to use KDE, but I use it for 15 minutes or so, sometimes a few hours, and I have to hit reset.

Anyone know what's causing this?

FC2T3 is a beta, so you have to expect the unexpected to happen. And it is Gnome oriented base.

I have the same probelm with 2.6.6 & kde, but without an nvidia card.
I have yet to try fc2 with another kernel so I don't know if it is just a problem with 2.6.6.

It only seems to hang on me when I am using the internet (via lan connection).
I don't think it is an iptables problem as the same configuration works flawlessly on a redhat9 pc.
I first thought it was when I was using mozilla, but it happens with any other type of download as well.

If you track down the problem or find a fix I'd love to hear it.

He said FC2 not FC2T3... and I fail to see how the "gnome base" has anything to do with anything... they are having trouble with KDE...


As for system freezes... you may want to check your /etc/hosts file to make sure your hostname is set up properly... mine reads:

127.0.0.1 mycomputer localhost.localdomain localhost

Also, you may want to read through your system logs to check for errors...

I have just done a new install of FC2 and I am using KDE. I am getting short freezes, they last about 10 secs. I can be typing away and nothing appears on the screen. If I just wait, the cursor catches up and things seem to be OK again.

The only message I am getting in messages, which may be purely coincidental is
floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation
end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0

that sounds like an x problem to me... or something is consuming way too much cpu... have you checked system processes that may be running?

You might try closing the Klipper applet in KDE. I remember this was a problem with KDE in FC1. It worked for me when I tried it.

Right I'll turn off the sucker, don't tend to use it much anyway and see what happens.
Thanks.

Hi guys, yes its NOT test 3, its the stable FC2.

I found out the problem happens with Gnome as well. However, it's due to my Nvidia driver for sure. I disabled it and no crashes. However, no hardware acceleration either, and I don't want to live without it, there has to be a work around!

There are no logs, the system locks out before one could be written, I believe. This is really hectic, I can't play games now. I have a major sound delay too that may or may not be related, that only happens in KDE.

I appreciate all the replies, anything else I could try?

search the fedora forums for nvidia... I posted a link to a kernel will work with the nvidia drivers... I don't have time right now but it's a recent thread...