Hello,
For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow me to do anything. This doesn't happen while I'm working on the system but after I have locked my session and then return. It could goes days without a lockup and then the next time I try to log in it'll be frozen.
I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix or where I could start to look to find out if there is a process or something causing this.
I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could be caused by me starting and then leaving something new running.
Thanks for your help.
Hi Robert,
Robert Spangler wrote:
For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow me to do anything. This doesn't happen while I'm working on the system but after I have locked my session and then return. It could goes days without a lockup and then the next time I try to log in it'll be frozen.
I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix or where I could start to look to find out if there is a process or something causing this.
Not me, have not had such an issue. make sure you are completely yum-updated for a start.
I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could be caused by me starting and then leaving something new running.
I guess the reason why no one has replied to your post so far is that its hard to work out or even think about such issues without some more context. Do you have proprietary drivers installed for anything ? ndiswrapper for wifi ? grfx drivers for nvidia or ati ? Could there be a network issue ?
On Thursday 15 May 2008 21:51, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Hi Robert,
Robert Spangler wrote:
For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow me to do anything. This doesn't happen while I'm working on the system but after I have locked my session and then return. It could goes days without a lockup and then the next time I try to log in it'll be frozen.
I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix or where I could start to look to find out if there is a process or something causing this.
Not me, have not had such an issue. make sure you are completely yum-updated for a start.
Always. Done nightly. :)
I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could be caused by me starting and then leaving something new running.
I guess the reason why no one has replied to your post so far is that its hard to work out or even think about such issues without some more context. Do you have proprietary drivers installed for anything ? ndiswrapper for wifi ? grfx drivers for nvidia or ati ? Could there be a network issue ?
Only thing I'm running that isn't in the repo's is the nVidia driver for my Geforce FX550.
Oh, Thnx for the reply!!
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:19 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing
On Thursday 15 May 2008 21:51, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Hi Robert,
Robert Spangler wrote:
For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow
me > to do anything. This doesn't happen while I'm working on the system but > after I have locked my session and then return. It could goes days > without a lockup and then the next time I try to log in
it'll be frozen.
I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix
or > where I could start to look to find out if there is a process or
something causing this.
Not me, have not had such an issue. make sure you are completely yum-updated for a start.
Always. Done nightly. :)
I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could
be > caused by me starting and then leaving something new running.
I guess the reason why no one has replied to your post so far is that its hard to work out or even think about such issues without some more
context.
Do you have proprietary drivers installed for anything ? ndiswrapper for wifi ? grfx drivers for nvidia or ati ? Could there be a network
issue ?
Only thing I'm running that isn't in the repo's is the nVidia driver for my Geforce FX550.
Oh, Thnx for the reply!!
Regards Robert ----------------------------------------
Please try to update your nVidia Driver to the current level version and see if that solves your problem. Make sure you are using the X config file that is generated by the driver and do not add anything to it (as in options). Some options if your mother board can not handle or support it, it will freeze lockup etc.
Let me Know how it goes..
John Stanley
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On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 06:02 -0400, John wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:19 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Centos Freezing
On Thursday 15 May 2008 21:51, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Hi Robert,
Robert Spangler wrote:
For some reason at different times Centos will freeze and not allow
me > to do anything. This doesn't happen while I'm working on the system but > after I have locked my session and then return. It could goes days > without a lockup and then the next time I try to log in
it'll be frozen.
I would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows of a fix
or > where I could start to look to find out if there is a process or
something causing this.
Not me, have not had such an issue. make sure you are completely yum-updated for a start.
Always. Done nightly. :)
I normally have the same programs running so I don't think it could
be > caused by me starting and then leaving something new running.
I guess the reason why no one has replied to your post so far is that its hard to work out or even think about such issues without some more
context.
Do you have proprietary drivers installed for anything ? ndiswrapper for wifi ? grfx drivers for nvidia or ati ? Could there be a network
issue ?
Only thing I'm running that isn't in the repo's is the nVidia driver for my Geforce FX550.
Oh, Thnx for the reply!!
Regards Robert
Please try to update your nVidia Driver to the current level version and see if that solves your problem. Make sure you are using the X config file that is generated by the driver and do not add anything to it (as in options). Some options if your mother board can not handle or support it, it will freeze lockup etc.
Let me Know how it goes..
John Stanley
I had a similar situation on CentOS 4.x and on 5.0, different boxes. In both cases it was resolved by replacing a bad stick of RAM. If the box can be off line I would suggest a 24 hour run of memtest. On my systems it only occurred with the GUI running.
Cheers, B.J.
CentOS 5.1, Linux 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5 athlon 07:28:37 up 21:02, 0 users, load average: 0.30, 0.10, 0.02
On Saturday 17 May 2008 08:12, B.J. McClure wrote:
I had a similar situation on CentOS 4.x and on 5.0, different boxes. In both cases it was resolved by replacing a bad stick of RAM. If the box can be off line I would suggest a 24 hour run of memtest. On my systems it only occurred with the GUI running.
Thnx. Yes, the box can be off-line for testing and I will try this.
Robert Spangler wrote:
On Saturday 17 May 2008 08:12, B.J. McClure wrote:
I had a similar situation on CentOS 4.x and on 5.0, different boxes. In both cases it was resolved by replacing a bad stick of RAM. If the box can be off line I would suggest a 24 hour run of memtest. On my systems it only occurred with the GUI running.
Thnx. Yes, the box can be off-line for testing and I will try this.
In case anyone is interested, I've been using a very minimal xorg.conf with my nvidia machines for a while and letting the system just work the specifics out at startup time. Here is the config I use :
http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2007/11/01
- KB
On Saturday 17 May 2008 19:19:40 Karanbir Singh wrote:
Robert Spangler wrote:
On Saturday 17 May 2008 08:12, B.J. McClure wrote:
I had a similar situation on CentOS 4.x and on 5.0, different boxes. In both cases it was resolved by replacing a bad stick of RAM. If the box can be off line I would suggest a 24 hour run of memtest. On my systems it only occurred with the GUI running.
Thnx. Yes, the box can be off-line for testing and I will try this.
In case anyone is interested, I've been using a very minimal xorg.conf with my nvidia machines for a while and letting the system just work the specifics out at s'artup time. Here is the config I use :
I'm getting a 404 on that, Karanbir
Anne
Anne Wilson wrote:
I'm getting a 404 on that, Karanbir
oops, needs a trailing / . try this :
http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2007/11/01/
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