Random freezes in Kubuntu

[Lamanary Ramos de Pina]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-meta/+bug/337351

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Steven Vollom
<stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> On Saturday 09 May 2009 10:36:07 pm Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 07:29 -0700, Eric Marquez wrote:
> > > marc said:
> > > >9.04 is definitely running a lot hotter here. I have also noticed
> > >
> > > that
> > >
> > > >kwin sometimes "runs away"; sits at 50%+ cpu, which causes things to
> > >
> > > run
> > >
> > > >very hot. I've no idea what is setting this off, but now that I'm
> > >
> > > aware
> > >
> > > >of it, I've started watching.
> > > >
> > > >I'd try running without compositing: System Settings/Desktop/Enable
> > > >desktop effects -> unchecked.
> > > >
> > > >Xref this bug, I'm pretty sure that there are a few xorg + video
> > >
> > > driver
> > >
> > > >bugs lurking - there are large regressions in 9.04:
> > >
> > > Ric Moore said:
> > > > What nvidia drivers do you have installed?? If I were you, I'd
> > >
> > > install
> > >
> > > >the envyNG package and let it install your nVidia for you. Drivers
> > >
> > > like
> > >
> > > >NV just don't cut it if you want/need the real deal with everything
> > > >cooking. I run Java 3D Wonderland and it'll bark, howl and die with
> > > >anything else than the driver from nVidia. Not trying to be
> > >
> > > politically
> > >
> > > >incorrect here, but either it works or it don't. Give that a whirl.
> > > >Sounds like you have nothing to loose. Ric
> > >
> > > marc, ric: my computer freezes even without video drivers installed.
> > > The day I formatted the system and installed kubuntu, it was
> > > freezed before installing anything. I have the 180.51 nvidia driver
> > > right now. And it happens with/out the desktop effects. And the
> > > problem is not exclusive of Jaunty. This is been happening since I
> > > upgraded from kde3 to kde4 (with 8.04).
> > >  Personally, I suspect it doesn't have to do with drivers (at least
> > > not with the ones I've installed)... but with some hardware
> > > problem/incompatibility... I'd like to know if there is some way to
> > > diagnose this.
> > >  Ric, I'll try your envyNG suggestion anyway...
> > >  Any other suggestion?
> >
> > Wow, it sounds darn near like a power supply problem. When I first
> > bought my then Big Tower and did a fresh install to it, which was flaky
> > from beginning to end. It worked for several hours then the desktop
> > would disappear, or random segfaults and just crazy things happening. No
> > two crashes were alike, and it wasn't until the second/third day someone
> > told me "power supply". So, I went back to the dealer, he replaced it
> > and several years later, if something strange happens, it's the idiot
> > between the chair and the keyboard fault. The system itself has been
> > very consistent since. I dunno, trouble shooting with a shotgun. Hey
> > Gene, what do you think?? :) Ric
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
> > "There are two Great Sins in the world...
> > ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
> > Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
> > Linux user# 44256
> > https://nuoar.dev.java.net/
> > Verizon Cell # 434-774-4987
> If you have an nVidia chip on your motherboard or an nVidia Gforce video
> card,
> especially if it is a high end chip on the board, you may have to add
> pci=nomsi to your boot instructions.  It fixed my problem.  My board chip
> is an
> nVidia 780a and my video card is 9600 G force nVidia.  I don't like to give
> any advice, due to my inexperience, however, it cured my problem, and it is
> hard not to at least try to help, after all you have done for me.
>
> Steven
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