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Laptop Debian Freeze

Alright I'm used to Fedora which solves little problems like this for you. But since I'm out of the playpen now I need a little help.

I have a Gateway Solo 9550 with the newest version of Debain installed. If I leave the system alone for a few minutes it will freeze (specifically the mouse) and if I close the lid it will freeze. I'm guessing there is some package or setting I'm missing here. Just tell me where to go.

For starters, I would remove gpm if you have it enabled, and also install acpid

Code:

apt-get update

apt-get remove gpm

apt-get install acpid

Gpm seems to interfere with X on some laptops (mine included). Acpid may help with the lid button etc.

Cheers,

mj

I installed it and got something about recompiling the kernel to get advanced support but aside from that it in stalled finr. I am compiling MPlayer now so I don't want to test it just yet. While I'm waiting though do you know where I can go to make the mouse wheel button work?

Has the system stopped freezing up...?

Anyway, to enable the middle mouse roller button, you'll just need to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, so that it includes the following lines

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier      "USB Mouse"

        Driver          "mouse"

        Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"

        Option          "SendCoreEvents" "true"

        Option          "Protocol"      "IMPS/2"

        Option          "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"

        Option          "Buttons"        "5"

EndSection

Note that the identifier and driver for your mouse may vary. Also, this is assuming a standard two button plus roller ball/button usb mouse. Now, just restart X and you should be done.

Cheers,

mj

No it didn't stop the freezing

Also no luck with the mouse

And it also seems my laptop is getting hotter than usual

...lots of fun here

For the freezing, it would help if you can narrow it down a bit. What happens if you start X, but don't touch the mouse at all ? Does it still freeze ? Does it take the same amount of time ? Any interesting warnings (WW) or errors (EE) in /var/log/XFree86.0.log ?

For the mouse wheel button, the above format will work if you have entered it correctly. Check your existing X config file, and then modify it as necessary. As a last resort, post the mouse entry here if you're still having trouble.

Cheers,

mj

Here's my XFree86 log, it's only a piece though. The thing is huge. Alot of it confuses me but see if you can make any sense of it.

Code:

(II) NV(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)

        Screen to screen bit blits

        Solid filled rectangles

        8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles

        Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion

        Solid Lines

        Scanline Image Writes

        Offscreen Pixmaps

        Setting up tile and stipple cache:

                32 128x128 slots

                32 256x256 slots

                16 512x512 slots

(==) NV(0): Backing store disabled

(==) NV(0): Silken mouse enabled

(**) Option "dpms"

(**) NV(0): DPMS enabled

(==) RandR enabled

(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM

(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension

(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST

(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD

(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX

(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP

(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY

(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA

(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont

(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER

(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR

(II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver

(**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

(**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2"

(**) Option "CorePointer"

(**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer

(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

(**) Option "Buttons" "5"

(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"

(**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50

(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5

(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5

(**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"

(**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2"

(**) Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"

(**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events

(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice

        No such device.

(EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device

(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse"

(II) UnloadModule: "mouse"

(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)

(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0

Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0

Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0

Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0

Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0

Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0

Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0

Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0

Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0

Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0

Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!

GetModeLine - scrn: 0 clock: 135000

GetModeLine - hdsp: 1280 hbeg: 1296 hend: 1440 httl: 1688

              vdsp: 1024 vbeg: 1025 vend: 1028 vttl: 1066 flags: 5

(II) Open APM successful

(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

And here is the mouse entry

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"

        Driver        "mouse"

        Option          "CorePointer"

        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"

        Option          "Protocol"              "PS/2"

        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"      "true"

        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"

        Option          "Buttons"              "5"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier      "Generic Mouse"

        Driver          "mouse"

        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"

        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"

        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"

        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"      "true"

        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"

EndSection

That second entry wasn't there when I originally edited it

The part that you want to look at will be at the bottom of the log file (for the most recent addition) -- just scroll to the end, then back up until you see it beginning to repeat itself. Alternatively, you can simply 'grep' out the error and warning messages...

Code:

grep "EE\|WW" /var/log/XFree86.0.log

It looks like at least one error is coming from the incorrect mouse device location -- you may want to change /dev/input/mice back to whatever you had before. The only bits you'll probably want to change will be the "buttons" and "z axis mapping" lines.

Cheers,

mj

Quote:

That second entry wasn't there when I originally edited it

Meaning that you added it, or that it appeared mysteriously...? Anyhoo, it's the one giving the error, so best to delete it.

How many mice do you have on your system, that you want to use (and what type(s) are they ?).

Cheers,

mj

Just the touchpad on the laptop. Any guess as to which entry it is?

Almost certainly the first one. Does it have a wheel button as well, or was this on some external mouse you had plugged in ?

Cheers,

mj

No, just the touchpad the whole way through

Any ideas on how to fix the freezing?

And here's the greped errors

Code:

(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.

(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.

(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER

(WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs

(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice

(EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device

(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse"

EDIT: Also I deleted the second mouse entry and it killed X so I put it back on.

Quote:

While I'm waiting though do you know where I can go to make the mouse wheel button work?

:confused: Was this on a different system ?

Anyway, delete the second entry (the generic mouse) from your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, restart X, and then grep for the errors from a console after it has frozen (switch to another screen by pressing CTRL - ALT - F1). Also, have a look at the tail end of /var/log/messages for clues.

Cheers,

mj

Oh, nearly forgot -- you will also need to delete (or comment out, by placing a # at the beginning of the line) the line near the top of your XF86Config-4 file, that references your generic mouse. It will be in the "Server Layout" section, and the line will begin with "Input device".

Cheers,

mj

Alright it's commented out. But I still don't have a working middle button.

And it's still freezing.