Fedora 7 freezes two or three times per day
Dawning Sky
the.dawning.sky at gmail.com
Mon Sep 10 17:15:53 UTC 2007
Just want to check with the list that what's the current situation on this
freezing problem with the nvidia driver. Any solution yet?
Since I switch to the nv driver, I haven't had a single freeze.
DS
On 7/25/07, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> Dawning Sky wrote:
> >>
> >> From what I have gathered from different forums and bug lists is that
> >> this is not directly a driver issue but an issue between the driver and
> >> kernel. It seems to occur with different video drivers.
> >>
> >> On one forum, it was reported by someone that they compiled their own
> >> kernel without CFS support and all their freezups were gone.
> >>
> >
> > Is this CFS Completely Fair Scheduler? I thought it would go into the
> > kernel at 2.6.23? I hate to compile the kernel. Haven't done that
> > for many years. Maybe I'll just stick with the nv driver, if my
> > machine stops freezing.
> >
> > DS
>
> Yes,
>
> I understood that it was in the present kernel but I am repeating what
> was mentioned on the nvidia support forum. But other things I am
> reading is that you are correct. If it isn't the CFS, then the posters
> comment on the nvidia forum was in error. What I do see is that some of
> the CFS code is supposed to be in the kernel though, part of CFQ (?) I
> don't understand enough of the coding to fully understand.
>
> But on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, there is a thread on video issues
> with the CFS.
>
> I know that on my machine at home, even the gnome splash screen will
> freeze the system. ssh into it and I see that Xorg is in the 95% range.
>
> I went to an earlier version of the nvidia driver (I need 3D) and I will
> have loss of mouse or keyboard from time to time. If I use mplayer and
> change the speed using the "}" key, I lose all input. Strange screen
> flashes but I don't end up with a total machine freeze. In gqview, if I
> quickly go through images using the space bar, the display will flash
> like it loses scanning.
>
>
> This is using the Freshrpms and dkms tools. I have to find some time to
> play with the latest kernel and drivers to see what happens. I am
> hoping for an evening of rain to give me a reason to stay in the house
> and not do yard work or go in the pool. :)
>
> I have read about this same issue with different video cards so it isn't
> just nvidia video cards. There is a bug report on bugzilla about a
> different card.
>
> I am also reading about this happening on different versions of Linux.
> --
> Due to the move to Exchange Server,
> anything that is a priority, please phone.
> Robin Laing
>
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