Xorg Freezes when running KTorrent

hopesfall · 09-12-2007, 10:56 AM

I tried upgrading to Xorg 7.3 recently but realized that the nvidia drivers dont work with it just yet. So I downgraded back to Xorg 7.2. During this process I re-configured Xorg, so my Xorg.conf file is brand new. I've never had a problem before. I'm using the latest nvidia drivers, and like I said, Xorg 7.2 and Xorg-server 1.3.0.0

Now it seems that whenever I run KTorrent, usually after a minute of having it open, my whole system freezes and completely locks up. All I can do is restart the computer with the restart button on the case or power it off.

This only started happening as recently as my upgrade / downgrade. So I figure its probably a result of my new xorg.conf file or one of the applications that came with the upgrade.

I'm using 64bit Gentoo on dual core.

Here is most of my xorg.conf:

Code:

Section "Module"
    Load        "dbe"
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga" 
    EndSubSection
    Load        "freetype"
    Load       "glx"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath "..."
    ...
Endsection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     ... # Keyboard stuff
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     ... # Mouse stuff
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Acer AL2216W"
    VendorName  "ACR"
    ModelName   "Acer AL2216W"
    HorizSync   30-82
    VertRefresh 56-76
    Mode        "1680x1050"
                DotClock        146.250000
                HTimings        1680 1784 1960 2240
                VTimings        1050 1053 1059 1089
                Flags   "+HSync" "-VSync"
    EndMode

EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "geforce"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VideoRam    262144
    Option      "NoLogo" "true"
    Option      "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = aspect-scaled"
    Option      "UseEdidDpi"    "FALSE"
    Option      "DPI"   "96 x 96"
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "geforce"
    Monitor     "AcerAL2216W"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

maroonbaboon · 09-12-2007, 07:10 PM

If you don't need accelerated 3d you could try the open source 'nv' driver instead. Worth a try anyway to see if the problem persists.

hopesfall · 09-12-2007, 09:30 PM

Well I just tried with nv and the exact same thing happend.

I'm beginning to wonder if the problem actually has anything to do with xorg..?

maroonbaboon · 09-13-2007, 09:04 PM

Ktorrent looks like the obvious suspect. Do any other apps cause the same problem? Are other torrent clients OK?