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System freezes up

I'm running 12.0 on my older system since my newer system crashed few weeks ago also running 12.0 but that was board issue. I'm using kernel 2.6.21.5-smp vanilla. I am using xfce.
The problem doesn't occur unless I try to play music or videos. Video is agp card and audio is onboard. It's using vesa FB. I've got alsa configured and running.

Code:

 lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

sis                    9856  0 

drm                    75156  1 sis

snd_seq_dummy          6788  0 

snd_seq_oss            34816  0 

snd_seq_midi_event    10112  1 snd_seq_oss

snd_seq                50640  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event

snd_seq_device        10508  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq

snd_pcm_oss            40736  0 

snd_mixer_oss          18048  1 snd_pcm_oss

ipv6                  254496  16 

capability              7304  0 

commoncap              9344  1 capability

lp                    13736  0 

parport_pc            27812  1 

parport                34760  2 lp,parport_pc

pcspkr                  6528  0 

psmouse                39048  0 

i2c_savage4            7428  0 

sis900                23552  0 

mii                    8576  1 sis900

snd_intel8x0          32924  3 

snd_ac97_codec        100644  1 snd_intel8x0

ac97_bus                6016  1 snd_ac97_codec

i2c_sis96x              8708  0 

snd_pcm                72068  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec

snd_timer              22532  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm

snd                    48932  16 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer

soundcore              9824  1 snd

snd_page_alloc        11528  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

ata_generic            9220  0 

shpchp                33172  0 

sis_agp                10116  1 

agpgart                31432  2 drm,sis_agp

evdev                  11904  1

Not sure what other info to provide.

Any help is appreciated, Thanks.

An audio issue perhaps? Try upgrading the kernel to 2.6.27. I believe that one comes with Slack 12.2.

I changed previous statement because system locks up opening any video (online or on hard drive).

Hello,

It seems that your graphic chipset is SIS. If that's the case, try to use the SIS video driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf instead of VESA driver:

Code:

Section "Device"

  ...

  Driver "sis"

  ...

EndSection

oh, i m newb in lunux, im learning a lot here, thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gegechris99 (Post 3725955)

Hello,

It seems that your graphic chipset is SIS. If that's the case, try to use the SIS video driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf instead of VESA driver:

Tried that but didn't solve the problem.