(Solved) Random freezes on new KDE 13.37 64-bit system.

[globetrotterdk]

I am experiencing freezes (possibly random) on a newly installed Salix OS KDE 13.37 64-bit system, that require a hard reset.

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# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port B) (rev 02)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port B)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port D)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port E)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port F)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port H)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:15.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 43a0
00:15.1 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 43a1
00:16.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:16.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362 AHCI Controller (rev 10)
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362 AHCI Controller (rev 10)
04:00.0 USB Controller: Device 1b21:1042
05:00.0 USB Controller: Device 1b21:1042
06:05.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
06:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)

Any ideas?

[djemos]

install the AMD/ATI official driver
Look here http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... ATI_Driver

[globetrotterdk]

install the AMD/ATI official driver
Look here http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... ATI_Driver

Do I need this driver when my graphics card is a GeForce GT220-1024MB-DDR2-VGA/DVI+HDMI-ASUS V2?

[djemos]

No. You did not. You have an VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2)

[djemos]

Disable hardware acceleration. To see if this solves your problem. http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-1 ... _HINTS.TXT
Regardless of your chipset (though it seems more common with intel), if KDE
crashes on startup, try disabling the Composite extension (which will also
disable all of the fancy desktop effects).
Place the following content in
a file at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/disable-composite.conf

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Section "Extensions"
      Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Also read this http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... -a-878120/

[globetrotterdk]

I installed the Nvidia driver and kernel through Sourcery. Both elements compiled correctly. However on restart, Xorg isn' available. the log errors are:
"Failed to load the Nvidia kernel module
UnloadModule "nvidia"
Unloading /usrlib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
No drivers available."

[GJones]

IIRC you need the kernel-source package for the nVidia driver to install properly.

[Shador]

I always just installed it through their installer using this method, which I documented here:
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... DIA_driver

[globetrotterdk]

I always just installed it through their installer using this method, which I documented here:
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... DIA_driver

Thanks, I am trying it now. The installer is prompting me whether to add a file to the modprobe directory to disable nouveau. Yes? No?

[GJones]

Yes. Nouveau will conflict with the proprietary driver.