System freeze - is X the reason?

[Juergen Gaida]

Alex,

somewhat later than expected, but...

Finally, my Zenwalk is up and running since some hours...

What I did:
1. Went in MB BIOS and set AGP Speed to 4x (instead of 8x (was before) or automatic)
2. Applied the changes you proposed in Xorg.conf (all 3 lines in the graphic card device section)

So, what did the trick?

How can I/we get to the point to know which of the settings makes the system stable or the opposite?

Any hint where to start and any 'stress test' to get a result sooner than after hours or days?

Thank you so far!

Best regards
Jürgen

--- Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> schrieb am Fr, 7.11.2008:

> Von: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com>
> Betreff: Re: System freeze - is X the reason?
> An: jpg153 at yahoo.de
> CC: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Datum: Freitag, 7. November 2008, 0:00
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Juergen Gaida
> <jpg153 at yahoo.de> wrote:
> > Alex,
> >
> > I will try, but its midnite, so maybe later on Friday.
> >
> 
> No problem.
> 
> > Other observation: When the system is getting off from
> pute Text output, some messages get fancy letters (looks
> like everything kyrillic and all kind of "extra"
> signs).
> > Does it mean anything?
> >
> 
> the vga fonts may not be restored properly.
> 
> Alex
> 
> > Thank you so far
> > jpg
> >
> >
> > --- Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> schrieb
> am Do, 6.11.2008:
> >
> >> Von: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com>
> >> Betreff: Re: System freeze - is X the reason?
> >> An: jpg153 at yahoo.de
> >> CC: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> >> Datum: Donnerstag, 6. November 2008, 23:33
> >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Juergen Gaida
> >> <jpg153 at yahoo.de> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I am having serious trouble in getting
> Zenwalk 5.2
> >> running on my machine - currently the only Linux
> running is
> >> the Knoppix 4.0 Live-CD (I have tested several).
> >> > Zenwalk 5.2 installs, but freezes randomly,
> but soon.
> >> > The Xorg.O.log tells a lot, but I dont
> understand lot
> >> of this stuff.
> >> > However, at the end of the log, there is a
> >> "tossed event" and some other lines
> which tell me
> >> no good.
> >> > But where to start solving the problem - if
> thats the
> >> cause of freezing the system.
> >> > I have put the log file on pastebin:
> >> > http://pastebin.com/m23e8d2d5
> >>
> >> It could be.  Do any of the following option help
> (add them
> >> to the
> >> device section of your config):
> >> Option "DRI" "False"
> >> Option "AGPMode" "4"
> >> Option "BusType" "PCI"
> >>
> >> Alex
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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