more lockup laptop problems with dapper

[Tod Merley]

On 8/27/06, Eric S. Johansson <esj at harvee.org> wrote:
> Compaq 1700t laptop  ATI Mobility Radeon 3D Hardware Graphics.
>
> I've tried some of the suggestions I've seen posted here but none of
> them view the work.  with breezy, the laptop worked beautifully.  it was
> a joy to use but now, a minute or two after booting, it locks up at any
> to power cycle.
>
> The messages log says nothing useful.  Just a bunch of errors from
> gconfd just before it shuts down since the server is not in use.
>
> The only way I can keep this machine up is by booting into single user mode.
>
> Some ideas of what I should try would be most welcome.
>
> ---eric
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Hi again Eric!

Just remembered.  If X locks often a ctl-alt-F1 will move you to a
prompt log in (no X but a way to snoop arround and see what is in
/var/log (messages, demsg, syslog, Xorg.0.log, etc...).   The output
of Xorg.0.log in particular may well tell why X failed or at least
what it thinks it is trying to do.  The "tail" command is useful here.
 It by default shows the last ten lines of the file thereafter named
(e.g. "tail Xorg.0.log" yeilds the last ten lines of Xorg.0.log).

ctl+alt+F7 should return you to X.  ctl+alt+F8 should show the last
part of your boot sequence - probably not useful.

Good hunting!

Tod