[olug] SuSE 9.0 problems w/X freezing

[Brian Roberson]

I had similar problems, but after switching out a video card. I solved it by 
deleting my XF86Config file altogether ( /etc/X11/XF86Config ) and re-ran 
SaX2 - fixed me right up.



On Sunday 07 December 2003 1:17 am, Eric Pierce wrote:
> Just completed a network install of SuSE 9.0 which I thought went without a
> hitch, but I can barely use X as it freezes within minutes each time I
> start it up.
>
> I used SuSE 8.2 on the same machine and had basically no probs with my
> video hardware setup (NVidia TNT2 32mb) w/3D acceleration.  Now I can't
> even get Sax2 to stay up long enough (before X freezes) to try some
> different settings, and I don't know much about editing the XFConfig file
> except that it seams I need to run SuSEconfig after making any changes.
>
> Without ssh'ing into the box to kill X, I'm willing to bet that the kernel
> is still purring along in the background because I did have one 3D
> accelerated game (Marble Blast) that would bring X (under 8.2) to its
> knees.  I could kill X after ssh'ing in, but I couldn't get my screen back.
> <reboot>
>
> I did have a peek at /var/log/XFree86.0.log, but I can't see any errors
> logged (not sure exactly what to look for all the same).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for reading my garble!
> Eric Pierce
>
>
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