Complete System Freeze

Eredeath · 03-23-2009, 06:00 PM

If I use alt+ctrl+F1 my system will freeze up completely. alt+ctrl+backspace and alt+SysRq+[r,s,e,i,u,b] both fails to work. I have to do a hard reboot. My system also freezes when I try returning from a locked screen. It will let me enter in my password then act as if it is going to go back to my desktop but it doesn't.
I'm running Ubuntu 8.10

lspci:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)

uname -a:

Code:

Linux DarkStar 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Drakeo · 03-24-2009, 01:09 AM

Quote:

alt+ctrl+F1

kills your tty so in Ubuntu which is debian has gui running at telinit 3 for login but since you crashed your tty you have left your xserver dead and are unable to get to a terminal to type in the killall gdm so you can restart the display manager. if I was you I would not push those keys. and if you push ctl-alt-delete it will reboot but it will do it with that same blank screen till it restarts. good luck.

Eredeath · 03-24-2009, 09:49 AM

Thanks for the response. The problem is I cannot reboot with anything but a hard restart. If it is just the xserver i should be able to reboot with alt+sysRq+[r,s,e,i,u,b], but can't. I don't have this problem on my laptop, so ideally i shouldn't have it on my desktop.

dracuss · 03-26-2009, 10:08 AM

Eredeath, if your X is working fine, why don't you use xterm or other terminal emulation program?
I really don't know what may be your problem, on my debian I have no crashes when trying to switch ttys. You should check your X server, it could be that it's its fault