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From: Phil on 4 Jul 2010 06:43
On 07/02/2010 03:21 PM, Larry wrote:
> I have Slackware 13.1 dual-booting with Slackware 12.2 on a AMD Sempron
> desktop. 12.2 is stable as a rock and has been since installed. 13.1
> tends to randomly freeze up locking the cursor and keyboard. It seems
> to happen mostly when a lot of screen activity is going on like a
> screensaver or when loading a web page. I cannot access another virtual
> console in this condition. It will run possibly a couple
> of hours before happening. I suspect it is an X-server hiccup. I'm
> using the proprietory Nvidia video driver, but it does the same with the
> non-Nvidia driver.
>
> My question is: What is the best way to troubleshoot a problem like
> this? Any logs I should look at, or there any secret key sequences to
> unlock the freeze?
>
> I have 13.1 running on a Toshiba laptop with absolutely no problems.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
I had similar problems (AMD Athlon Dual Core and Nvidia drivers). Have a
look at this post on Nvidia Linux forums
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=58498

Adding idle=poll and/or maxcpus=1 to kernel parameters cured my problem
Regards
Phil
From: Larry on 6 Jul 2010 18:40
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:43:16 +0100, Phil wrote:


> I had similar problems (AMD Athlon Dual Core and Nvidia drivers). Have a
> look at this post on Nvidia Linux forums
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=58498
>
> Adding idle=poll and/or maxcpus=1 to kernel parameters cured my problem
> Regards
> Phil

Phil,
It appears that adding the kernel parameters you suggested fixed my
problem. Thanks for the help.
Larry
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