more lockup laptop problems with dapper

On 8/27/06, Eric S. Johansson <esjharvee.org> wrote:
> Compaq 1700t laptop  ATI Mobility Radeon 3D Hardware
Graphics.
>
> I've tried some of the suggestions I've seen posted
here but none of
> them view the work.  with breezy, the laptop worked
beautifully.  it was
> a joy to use but now, a minute or two after booting, it
locks up at any
> to power cycle.
>
> The messages log says nothing useful.  Just a bunch of
errors from
> gconfd just before it shuts down since the server is
not in use.
>
> The only way I can keep this machine up is by booting
into single user mode.
>
> Some ideas of what I should try would be most welcome.
>
> ---eric
>
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Hi again Eric!

Just remembered.  If X locks often a ctl-alt-F1 will move
you to a
prompt log in (no X but a way to snoop arround and see what
is in
/var/log (messages, demsg, syslog, Xorg.0.log, etc...).  
The output
of Xorg.0.log in particular may well tell why X failed or at
least
what it thinks it is trying to do.  The "tail"
command is useful here.
 It by default shows the last ten lines of the file
thereafter named
(e.g. "tail Xorg.0.log" yeilds the last ten
lines of Xorg.0.log).

ctl+alt+F7 should return you to X.  ctl+alt+F8 should show
the last
part of your boot sequence - probably not useful.

Good hunting!

Tod

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