[Sussex] Re: Sussex Digest, Vol 18, Issue 2

[Sam (Shuriken1)]

Hi, after using it for a while, it has crashed a few more times, although
the crashes seem to be slightly different; the cursor goes to the top left
of the screen and some of the graphics are garbled. That might mean
something to you, I don't know :). The crashes are bareable but after
hearing how stable linux is, it is slightly disappointing, that it crashes
for no particular reason. I'm sure it's just something I've done wrong
though (I normally do!).

Sam.
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> Subject: [Sussex] Re: Sussex Digest, Vol 18, Issue 1
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> Hi, thanks for your assistance Geoff, it was a mistake on my part. I
> realised that this was the processor/motherboard combination that ensisted
I
> was running a 1250MHz instead of a 2000+ and whenever I set it to 2000+ in
> BIOS it threw up loads of blue screens in windows.
>     I went to turn it on after one of its freezes and the computer didn't
do
> anything, turned it off and on again and noticed it was seeing the
processor
> as 1250Mhz again, that triggered this line of thought. So I left it on
> 1250Mhz, reinstalled linux to undo all the problems I probably inflicted
on
> it and it has run for an afternoon only locking up twice. So it seems
fine.
>     Also, the first time I got into KDE after the changes, after a similar
> amount of time as one of my freezes I got a warning: CPU overload, or
> something like that, so that must have been it. The freezes must be linux'
> equivalent of a BSoD.
>     Thanks for your help once again, I'm sure I'll be needing it soon lol.
>
> Sam.
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> > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:00:17 -0000
> > From: "Sam \(Shuriken1\)" <shuriken1 at nuukiemail.com>
> > Subject: [Sussex] Re: Sussex Digest, Vol 17, Issue 7
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> > Hi, thanks for your response Geoff. I'm sorry about the lack of
> information,
> > but this truly is new to me, don't know anything yet. I tried both the
> > Ctrl+Alt+F# and Ctrl+Alt+Backspace combinations, both of which did
nothing
> > in one of my 'freezes'.
> > I read on a forum about someone with a similar problem, he replaced the
> > keyboard and that stopped his freezes, unfortunately it hasn't stopped
> mine.
> > Hope this means something to you,
> >
> > Sam.
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> > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:09:26 +0000
> > From: Geoff Teale <tealeg at member.fsf.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Sussex] Re: Sussex Digest, Vol 17, Issue 7
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> > On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 13:00, Sam (Shuriken1) wrote:
> > > Hi, thanks for your response Geoff.
> >
> > That's what we're here for.
> >
> > > I'm sorry about the lack of information,
> > > but this truly is new to me, don't know anything yet. I tried both the
> > > Ctrl+Alt+F# and Ctrl+Alt+Backspace combinations, both of which did
> nothing
> > > in one of my 'freezes'.
> >
> > OK, this suggests that the X is in a bad enough state to not be
> > responding to input.
> >
> > There could be a few things that cause that, but we'll get to that
> > later.
> >
> > A couple of questions:
> >
> > 1. When your machine freezes do the Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock
> > lights flash on your keyboard?
> > 2. Do you have another machine with which you can get network access to
> > the machine with the problem?
> >
> > > I read on a forum about someone with a similar problem, he replaced
the
> > > keyboard and that stopped his freezes, unfortunately it hasn't stopped
> mine.
> > > Hope this means something to you,
> >
> > It sounds like his keyboard was doing something weird that caused the
> > device driver to crash or hang X.  Your problem may be similar, but
> > looking at your hardware specs I'd be looking at the graphics chipset
> > before anything else.
> >
> > A quick search on Google for your motherboard turned up this:
> >
> >
> > ================================
> >
> > XFree86 4.x series
> >
> > If you are using XFree86 4.x, then you may find that the auto-configure
> > utility detects the hardware incorrectly. You will then need to manually
> > edit the XF86Config-4 file with a commandline editor such as mc
> > (Midnight Commander). You may also find the next few lines from my
> > XF86Config-4 file handy
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >
> > Identifier "SiS 630"        # You
> > name this whatever you want
> >
> > Driver "sis"
> >
> > Vendorname "SiS 630"        # You
> > name this whatever you want
> >
> > Videoram 32768              # RAM
> > allocated to VGA in BIOS
> >
> > Option "AGPMODE" "4"
> >
> > Option "Accel"              #
> > Replace with "noaccel" to disable
> >
> > Option "Turboqueue"
> >
> > Option "FastVram"
> >
> > Option "SetMclk" "133 MHZ"  # System
> > RAM speed (100 or 133 MHz)
> >
> > Option "DacSpeed" "150 MHZ"
> >
> > Option "DPMS"               # If
> > your monitor supports this
> >
> > Boardname "SiS 630"
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> > ================================
> >
> > .... I took that from this FAQ about your motherboard:
> >
> > http://radel.inet.net.nz/m810lmr.html
> >
> >
> > It's well worth a read with regard to other issues with this motherboard
> > as well.
> >
> > --
> > Geoff Teale
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> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:53:23 +0000
> From: Geoff Teale <gteale at cmedltd.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sussex] Re: Sussex Digest, Vol 18, Issue 1
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> On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 16:21, Sam (Shuriken1) wrote:
> <snip>
> > So I left it on
> > 1250Mhz, reinstalled linux to undo all the problems I probably inflicted
on
> > it and it has run for an afternoon only locking up twice. So it seems
fine.
>
> Twice in an afternoon?  That's not fine.  Many Linux users only reboot
> for kernel upgrades!
>
> >     Also, the first time I got into KDE after the changes, after a
similar
> > amount of time as one of my freezes I got a warning: CPU overload, or
> > something like that, so that must have been it. The freezes must be
linux'
> > equivalent of a BSoD.
>
> :)
>
> The Linux equivalent of the BSoD is actually a kernel panic, but the
> likelihood of you ever seeing one on a non-development kernel is pretty
> small, and in 2.6 series kernels the chance of it happening is now even
> slighter (2.6 is more robust to dodgy modules).  Unfortunately XFree86
> is less stable than the kernel code, but generally speaking it doesn't
> crash.
>
> >     Thanks for your help once again, I'm sure I'll be needing it soon
lol.
>
> We'll be right here waiting.. ;)
> --
> GJT
> gteale at cmedltd.com
>
> In fiction the recourse of the powerless is murder; in life the recourse
> of the powerless is petty theft.
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> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:04:04 -0000
> From: "Phil Slade" <phil at philslade.uklinux.net>
> Subject: [Sussex] Informit newsletter
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:05:13 +0000
> From: john <big-john at dsl.pipex.com>
> Subject: [Sussex] configuring xine?
> To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties"
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> Hi list,
>
> does anyone know anything about configuring xine to play DVD's.
>
> I've managed to get it installed and sort of running, but both the sound
and
> video playback are "jumpy"
>
> I found this
>
>
> "Oki, xine doesn't drop frames now but video output still is not really
> smooth!
>
> Video output can be further improved by tuning your linux kernel:
>
> Set HZ to 1000 in /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386/param.h
>
> Try applying scheduler patches, especially the O(1) and the preemptive
patches
> have proven useful at the time of this writing (spring 2003).
> Linux 2.5/2.6 will probably have these improvements out of the box."
>
> at xinehq, but don't quite understand what it's telling me to do, or quite
how
> I'd do it.
>
> the /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386/param.h looks like this
>
> ifndef _ASMi386_PARAM_H
> #define _ASMi386_PARAM_H
>
> #include <linux/config.h>
>
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> # define HZ             CONFIG_HZ       /* internal kernel timer frequency
*/
> # define USER_HZ        100             /* some user interfaces are in
ticks
> */
> # define CLOCKS_PER_SEC (USER_HZ)       /* like times() */
> # define jiffies_to_clock_t(x)  ((x) / ((HZ) / (USER_HZ)))
> #endif
>
> #ifndef HZ
> #define HZ 200                          /* if userspace cheats, give them
200
> */
> #endif
>
> #define EXEC_PAGESIZE   4096
>
> #ifndef NGROUPS
>
> as you can see, there are various bit's that mention HZ, but which one
would I
> change ?
>
> and as I haven't got a scooby what the hell a scheduler or preemptive
patch
> is, that ones got me totally stumped.
>
>
> As usual, any idea's or suggestions are "mucho appreciado"
>
> regards
>
> John D.
>
>
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