Random Lockups and Black Screens
Hi Folks:
I have finally made it through the install of Mandrake 9.1 without any errors. Now when I am using the computer (using KDE) I get random lockups and sometimes it will kick over to a black screen with the monitor LED flashing. I have had somewhat similar problems in WIN XP pro, but not nearly as frequently. I am running Mandrake 9.1, Athlon T-Bird 1GHz, ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500. It seems to mostly do this after searches, or when using the menu bar. Help if you can! |
Only thing I can think of is that the drivers for your ATI may be buggy. From what I hear driver support still isn't really bugfree.
Have you tried sending ATI a mail? I don't think it's Mandrake's nor KDE's fault as you have probs in windoze too. |
AGP and AMD have some problems. See this article.
Essentially, pass mem=nopentium to the kernel via your bootloader. Perhaps this will clear it up. It stopped my freezeups. I haven't had the black screen, though. |
How?
How do I go about passing mem=nopentium to the kernel via my bootloader?
:newbie: |
You can pass it manually on boot or put it in your bootloader configuration.
Mandrake uses LILO, I think. You will have to find your lilo.conf file, edit it and run /sbin/lilo IIRC. See the LILO mini-HOWTO or type man lilo in an x terminal. |
for lilo
in /etc/lilo.conf append="mem=nopentium" for grub in /boot/grub/grub.conf |
Just checked my 'drake and it's etc/lilo.conf. Look fot the boot section and use the append statement. Here is an example of the section
Code:
image=/boot/vmlinuz Code:
[root@tinwhistle root]# /sbin/lilo |
When I have Linux up i can go to the /etc, do I open the
lilo.conf file in a text editor? If i do it from the bootloader (LILO) will i have to do it everytime or will it be a permanent fix? Thanks for your help! |
Permanent
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OK:
I reinstalled Mandrake 9.1. During the configuration I added the mem=nopentium to the LILO setup. Now a short time after it boots, the screen will lockup except for the mouse. I can move the mouse anywhere, but my clicks do nothing. The only things I changed during this install was to add to the LILO config, and to add a few extra items to the install. My video card appeared to be detected correctly, and i am using the default resolution and number of colors. I am dual booting with Windows XP. I really like the experiences that I have had with Mandrake 9.1 so far except for these instability issues. What should I do to fix this situation? And what should I do when the computer locksup like that? (push reset?) Help me if you can. Remember that I am a complete newbie! |
I think something's wrong with your computer.
memory, motherboard, or video card. or maybe your bios' settings should be more conservative, or maybe you're overclocked too much. |
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