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General Category => Software => Topic started by: sandman669 on October 09, 2002, 05:03:50 PM

Title: Linux freezes up!
Post by: sandman669 on October 09, 2002, 05:03:50 PM

well first ill give you my computer sepcs... i have an asus A7v333 motherboard with geforce 4 mx 440 agp 4x. onboard sound 5 port usb 2.0 card 1 pci modem nic card 10/100 and thats it. well first it was fine but then when im in KDE or anything in x it freezes my mouse up when i type? its a usb keyboard and ps2 mouse. i dont get why it freezes up. i haven\'t figured out out to compile the kernel either i type make menuconfig in /etc/src/linux but says make is not a command? help me on those 2 things please

Title: Linux freezes up!
Post by: Josetann on October 10, 2002, 02:29:31 AM

What distro are you using?  Have you updated any packages?  Downloaded the newest recommended nvidia drivers?

Title: Linux freezes up!
Post by: sandman669 on October 11, 2002, 04:06:57 PM

i am using the slackware 8.1. i haven\'t tried downloading new nvidia drivers would that affect my mouse and keyboard? and no i haven\'t updated any packages im downloading the new kernel becuase my pos wont compile i type make mrproper and make menuconfig it says theres no command or somthing like that
thx

Title: Linux freezes up!
Post by: Josetann on October 11, 2002, 04:42:24 PM

I\'d make sure you have the files that it\'s looking for to redo the kernel.  If you\'re downloading a new one now, try that first...personally I don\'t recompile a kernel unless I need to.

Since this happens only while in KDE, it could be something related to the video driver.  It\'s worth downloading and trying out.  I had a problem where the computer would lockup whenever the monitor would come back on from being powered off (was random, and monitor always came back on fine, could see the screen as I left it, but PC was completely frozen).  Turned out there was a bug with the combo chipset and video card I used.  Solution?  I disabled power management and just turn off the monitor myself, lol.  Ok, basically my point is that it could be a number of things, even if it doesn\'t make sense.

Title: Linux freezes up!
Post by: sandman669 on October 12, 2002, 11:16:48 AM

i am having a friend download me the kernel so ill recompile that one thank you for your help

Title: Linux freezes up!
Post by: MuffinAss on October 12, 2002, 09:04:33 PM

\"i haven\'t figured out out to compile the kernel either i type make menuconfig in /etc/src/linux but says make is not a command? help me on those 2 things please\"

Have you made sure that you have \"make\" installed? I\'m not sure about Slack, but I use Red Hat and it\'s not part of the default install.

Title: Linux freezes up!
Post by: sandman669 on October 14, 2002, 03:22:19 PM

o u mean i gota install it! damn well thanks im gonna go install it and see if i got it
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