Fedora7 on NvidiaMX 4000 freezes at random time!!!
 

Hi linux lovers...
Pls help me. I'm using FEDORA 7 (moonshine) on a Nvidia 4000 MX graphic card. My system often freezes. I updated to latest kernel from software updater. But now what happens is, if i use any graphic application (with or without open GL) its getting hanged randomly. I'm a newbie just jumped from windows. Pls help me...

I am sorry I do not use either Fedora or the Nvidia card. However I had a similar problem some weeks ago. Mine used to freeze mainly whilst browsing. Despite trying several Linux releases, Dreamlinux, Mepis, Knoppix, Ubuntu...... The problem cointinued.

1) I found the situation improved when I disabled FlashPlayer (it did not fix the problem, but reduced it).

2) I also used a USB WAN device which I believe could also have been responsible for the problem as I do not remember having this problem before I changed from LAN to WAN.

3) I tested my hardware and RAM and found that one of my RAM cards was bad and that I had only 256 MB RAM (down from 512). When that happened I do not know. I then found that Flashplayer requires 512 RAM according to the specs. So that could have been the problem.

As the Old type of memory chip was so expensive to buy as a replacement. I Opted to buy a new board, K9N6GM-V with a Sempron Processor and 1 GB RAM. This is running UBUNTU 7.04 fine all hardware components working.


Sorry nothing specific, but maybe in there is a clue to help you.

Regards

Martin Prior

Fed 7
 

Fedora seems to be going through a transition, sort of like a Beta-Beta. Fedora has difficulties with certain DVD players, Hard Disks and according to you, possibly video cards.
Like Fedora, Mandriva 2007 has several loose ends, and it seems incomplete as they too seem to be going through some Beta-Beta transition. The Fedora Core 6 version may be something you may want to try, or participate and help Fedora by sending exactly the problem that you mention here so that they can try to fix it.

You mention that it worked with the previous kernel. Do you not have the choice of the previous kernel on the boot loader?

Now if the problem is not the OS, it could be the video card as the post above mentions. Check everything; sometimes cards, memory chips etc... can be loose.

Good Luck

I also am having problems with Fedora 7 and my video card. The type chipset is a Radeon ATI 6200. The video is handled onboard the motherboard I think. I'm a Newbie who is experimenting with a dual boot Linux/Win system. The install went beautifully but it limits the resolution of my Samsung 910MP monitor to the lowest two resolutions. It gets good resolutions up to 1200++ (what ever that number is) on my Win Media Player set up.

What is my next step in troubleshooting this problem? I'm assuming there is some kind of driver issue.

I have had lockups like you are describing in two different instances: 1. I have a fairly old computer (AMD Athlon MP 1600+ with NVIDIA Ti4200 graphics card) system. ACPI is not implemented well and it was causing random lockups. As part of the boot parameters, I used ACPI=off and it cleared up the issue 2. Just last month, I was having random lockups again. I check to make sure ACPI was off. All other ideas didn't pan out. So I downloaded memtest86 and tested my memory. I had a bad stick (1 of 2). I ordered a new stick. Once the new stick was in place, it worked like a charm. You might want to try using ACPI=off first since it is the easiest. If your problem persists, try testing your memory.

I too have an AMD chip motherboard. :confused: It is a pretty recent computer (Compaq Presario) and has a Gig of Ram.

In what file do I change the ACPI to off?

Is there something in the text I should be watching during the boot sequence to get a clue?

Does it save a boot log by chance?

Gary

You want to change one of your lines in your boot configuration. For example, using grub boot loader, you would change the kernel line. Here is a sample from my menu.lst (/boot/grub) file:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-41.fc7 ro boot=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet acpi=off
Notice the acpi=off at the end of the line. I hope this helps. You will want to add this to your kernel line in your menu.lst.

I tried the "acpi=off" last night on in my menu.lst file as suggested. It made no positive change at all. There were some errors during the boot up sequence. Just as I was about to shut it down it continued plowing on. Once it got fully instituted, there were still only the two worst video modes.

I did notice in my line that follows:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-41.fc7 ...
that mine says .fc6
This I would assume to mean that I'm using Fedora core 6. Correct?

Should I try core 7 or some other distribution?