[cw-discuss] lockup in FC6 AMD64

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak]

Marco Benton wrote:
> Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
>> I thought that I would provide a follow-up for what I have found so far.
>>
>> First, I received helpful responses pointing at OS issues, BIOS, and 
>> problems related to nVidia card BIOS, etc...
>>
>> I now have some ideas on how to solve some of these issues. Based on 
>> the thought that it might be related to the BIOS on the video card 
>> (as it relates to the BIOS on my MB, the video driver, and the 
>> Kernel), I decided to also try a new video card (can you say upgrade?)
>>
>> I pulled my EVGA 6600GT and dropped in a 7600GT.
>>
>>
>> I then attempted to install software a windows application and it 
>> locked up as before.
>>
>> disappointing!
>>
>> I used System | Preferences | Desktop Effects and I turned off the 
>> pretty GNome desktop effects and the lockup went away.
>>
>> I will file an nVidia bug report, but I might now have a handle on 
>> how to avoid this problem.
>>
>> The answers I received on this list pointed me to other locations 
>> that caused me to pursue this further and I think that I will have a 
>> more stable system, even if it is at the expense of the pretty window 
>> dressings (so sad, it looked so pretty).
>>
>>
>
> i dont think it's an nVidia bug.  the likely cause is beryl or compiz.
You are likely correct. Too bad I found out after I replaced a perfectly 
functional 6600GT with 128MB of RAM with a 7600GT with 256MB of RAM 
running much faster. Hmm, I need to see if I can get Doom to run again; 
it ran well before, it probably screams now. This card was under $100 
after rebate from my local Micro-Center, and also from new egg.
>
> lots of apps dont work correctly with beryl, even native Linux apps.
I hope that they fix this because it is really pretty! I switched from 
KDE to GNome so that I could use it. I stopped using it because it is 
unstable. I would consider jumping back to KDE, but then my poor wife 
would need to deal with change; she does not like change. Well, she does 
not like that kind of change. She keeps rearranging stuff and then I 
have no idea where it went. It would almost be like payback. Boy, I 
could get into a lot of trouble here.
> if you want pretty desktop effects, install Vista. ;-) 
I wonder where Vista got the idea to add pretty effects :-)

I have to tell you, I am a bit afraid of Vista. I have not had overly 
positive experiences with it. My usual recommendation for people is that 
they hold off for a bit so that MS can fix their primary problems with 
the O/S and maybe improve driver support. Spent a lot of time trying to 
find work arounds for hardware that works with Vista, but the primary 
pretty applications do not. HP scanners, for example. Also, after moving 
over a hard drive from another computer (placed it in an external USB 
enclosure), Vista refused access to the administrator because the 
partition had rights for other users. It was a long painful process to 
reset some of the security bits. I was getting ready to boot a live 
Linux disk to reset the security bits so that my client could access 
their data...

And now I need to change a diaper...

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