Re: Gnome locks frequently

[Lauris Kaplinski <lauris ximian com>]

Hello!

Try disabling hardware acceleration on X server, if applicable and
you have not yet tried it. And try disabling sound card.
It makes X much more sleepy, but has helped me time-to-time.
Also scan the net a bit (google?) about you video card/Linux support
- often you may find some configs that work.

If you can identify buggy driver, you may want to report bug to
XFree86 or kernel (OSS or Alsa) people. But if you want it to be of any
use, you probably have to be mad about technical details. I.e.
write down chip numbers of both affecting device AND motherboard, 
include /proc/pci output etc. etc. - if it is known/fixed bug, they can
easily throw your message away, for unknown bugs any bit of info can
give a hint ;-)

Best wishes,
Lauris Kaplinski

On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 02:00, Ian T. wrote:
> Hi all.	
> 	I've been watching for fix for this as well.  I'd love to run Gnome as it 
> has features I really like.  However I can't run it reliably because of these 
> lockups.  
> 	I can't do anything but to hit the reset button on the power.  ctrl+alt+bksp 
> is of no use.  Nothing is.  I can't get to a virtual terminal to kill the 
> process and I can't use the mouse.  I can't make it repeat on cue.
> 	Where might I look for evidence?  Below is the evidence left in 
> ~/,xsession-errors on a dummy account I set up.  Or at least I think this is 
> the evidence.  <g>
> 
> 	I'm running RH 7.2 (Enigma) with 2.4.7-10 kernel.  I have a P2 266 (kalamth) 
> with 384 megs of ram.  The main board is a SOYO SY-6KB if that makes the 
> slightest difference.  <g>
> 
> 	I have no visible trouble on boot up.  Any clues or relevant links would be 
> apprecaitated.  
> -- 
> Cheers!  Ian.
> 
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> ===================
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:53:59 -0500
> From: Art Ross <aross skyenet net>
> Organization: Sinclair Community College
> To: gnome-list gnome org
> Subject: Gnome locks frequently
> 
> I've put up with this problem for awhile.  What happens if Gnome will
> lockup on me for no apparent reason.  The only way out of this situation
> is to cylce the power on the PC case.
> ===================
>  
> XIM DEBUG: SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1840
> aumix:  error opening mixer
> 
> ** WARNING **: Unable to load module: libpixbufloader-xpm.so:
>  libpixbufloader-xpm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>  directory
> 
> ** WARNING **: Can't find gdk-pixbuf module for parsing inline XPM data
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 274 (gdk_pixbuf_get_has_alpha):
>  assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 322 (gdk_pixbuf_get_width): assertion
>  `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 338 (gdk_pixbuf_get_height): assertion
>  `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 354 (gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride):
>  assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 290 (gdk_pixbuf_get_bits_per_sample):
>  assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 168 (gdk_pixbuf_new): assertion
>  `bits_per_sample == 8' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 306 (gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels): assertion
>  `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 306 (gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels): assertion
>  `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_signal_disconnect_by_data(): could not find handler
>  containing data (0x815D4A0)
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 274 (gdk_pixbuf_get_has_alpha):
>  assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 322 (gdk_pixbuf_get_width): assertion
>  `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 338 (gdk_pixbuf_get_height): assertion
>  `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 354 (gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride):
>  assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 290 (gdk_pixbuf_get_bits_per_sample):
>  assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 168 (gdk_pixbuf_new): assertion
>  `bits_per_sample == 8' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 306 (gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels): assertion
>  `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 306 (gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels): assertion
>  `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 58 (gdk_pixbuf_ref): assertion `pixbuf
>  != NULL' failed.
> 
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 58 (gdk_pixbuf_ref): assertion `pixbuf
>  != NULL' failed.
> Message: Successfully registered
>  `OAFIID:nautilus_factory:bd1e1862-92d7-4391-963e-37583f0daef3'
> 
> ** WARNING **: Unable to load module: libpixbufloader-xpm.so:
>  libpixbufloader-xpm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>  directory
> 
> ** WARNING **: Can't find gdk-pixbuf module for parsing inline XPM data
> 
> ** WARNING **: Unable to load module: libpixbufloader-xpm.so:
>  libpixbufloader-xpm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>  directory
> 
> ** WARNING **: Can't find gdk-pixbuf module for parsing inline XPM data
> 
> ** WARNING **: Unable to load module: libpixbufloader-xpm.so:
>  libpixbufloader-xpm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>  directory
> 
> ** WARNING **: Unable to load module: libpixbufloader-xpm.so:
>  libpixbufloader-xpm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>  directory
> DCOPServer up and running.
> kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed
> kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children.
> kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children.
> kdeinit: Exit.
> 	
> 
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