Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > comp.os.linux.misc > #13820
| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? |
| Date | 2015-03-01 17:13 +0000 |
| Organization | NewsGuy - Unlimited Usenet $23.95 |
| Message-ID | <mcvhcc03060@news6.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | <mcv5hr$5q7$1@news.albasani.net> <clgqvqF5203U1@mid.individual.net> |
On 2015-03-01, ray carter <ray@zianet.com> wrote: > On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 13:51:55 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> Tried to upgrade an old Pentium IV system Radeon 9500 to Mint 17.1 >> yesterday. Mostly it worked. Passed a basic RAM check.. >> >> But after a while it would always lock up in one of tow different ways. >> >> Oddly some stuff seemed to work in daemon mode after it junked. I was >> copying a large file to it via smbd when it froze but the file transfer >> completed. >> >> The symptoms were either a completely blank screen with 'no signal' >> reported by the monitor, or a frozen screen and keyboard but with mouse >> movement still observed. >> >> I have abandonded the attempt to turn it into something usable and left >> it in windows XP mode, because it wasn't powerful enough for the task it >> was being resurrected for. >> >> But I am still curious. I cant see what exactly could cause this, >> especially a total lack of video output. > > Since it runs xp ok, I might suspect some obscure video driver issue. > Have you tried a distro designed for older hardware? Is the video card made by nVidia? On my systems I've noticed that the nouveau driver wedges from time to time. This leaves a frozen screen but you can still ssh into it (and reboot it) from another machine on the network. Try downloading and installing the driver from nVidia's web site. Yes, I know, it's proprietary binary-only software. But it works. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
Back to comp.os.linux.misc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
What hardware/software fault could cause this? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-01 13:51 +0000
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-01 15:31 +0000
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-03-01 15:53 +0000
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-03-01 17:13 +0000
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-01 19:41 +0000
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-03-02 17:45 +0000
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2015-03-02 18:11 +0000
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-01 17:16 +0000
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-03-01 17:25 +0000
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2015-03-02 10:44 +0100
Re: What hardware/software fault could cause this? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-03-03 22:49 +0000
csiph-web