Computer freezes

validator456 · 01-15-2016, 01:34 AM

I currently use Bunsenlabs (a Debian derivative). Sometimes my computer freezes. Nothing works anymore then. After a while I get kernel messages:

See this video on photobucket.
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psrvewqmkk.mp4

The message says:
3 printk messages dropped nouveau E[PGRAPH (or something like that).

Restarting the computer gives me other messages. When checking the state of the harddrive, it says: Clearing orphaned inodes.

I cannot make sense of what is happening.

validator456 · 01-15-2016, 02:16 AM

I figured a few things out. It has to do with my graphics card:

sudo lshw -c video gives me my graphics card: GeForce 6600. Apparently, the nouveau driver for this card doesn't work correctly.

ondoho · 01-15-2016, 02:49 PM

fwiw, i have the same card in my machine, and on archlinux i need the nvidia304xx drivers.
on debian, this might help:

Code:

apt-cache search nvidia 304
nvidia-settings-legacy-304xx - tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver (304xx legacy version)
libgl1-nvidia-legacy-304xx-glx - NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries (304xx legacy version)
libgl1-nvidia-legacy-304xx-glx-i386 - NVIDIA binary OpenGL 32-bit libraries (304xx legacy version)
nvidia-legacy-304xx-alternative - allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver - NVIDIA metapackage (304xx legacy version)
nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-dkms - NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source (304xx legacy version)
nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source (304xx legacy version)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-304xx - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver (304xx legacy version)

(and that photobucket link did something very weird to my browser. could not watch the video)