system freezes

jfmxl · 2015-05-23 23:17:00

Hi,

Heres my situation. I was running debian 8 with xfce ,,, v8, I think. I upgraded ,,, reinstalled, actually, the upgrade didn't work ... to debian 9, and xfce v10.

xfce was not able to correctly set the resolution of my screen under debian 8, and still is unable under debian 9 ... if it is xfce that is setting the resolution.

I have been running ...

#!/bin/sh
# fix the resolution of the samsung
# 1600x900_60.00
xrandr --newmode "1600x900_60.00" 118.25 1600 1696 1856 2112 900 903 908 934 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA-1 "1600x900_60.00"
xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode "1600x900_60.00"

... to fix the resolution when I login on startup.

I looked under settings and see ... well I can drag but not frop the screenshot here to show you.

My gigabyte mother board ... old, with a dual-core amd64 processor, has an nvidia chipset that runs the video. I've forgotten the number. I get an error message from nouveau at startup that complains ...

[ 17.279117] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 17.334103] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 17.394998] nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:00:0d.0] MMIO write of 0x001c0001 FAULT at 0x00b000
[ 38.953854] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 41.065497] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 41.124497] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 66.085852] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 66.147519] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 66.213734] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 66.269923] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 66.325755] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 66.357507] nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:00:0d.0] MMIO write of 0x00f80001 FAULT at 0x00b010
[ 66.388928] nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:00:0d.0] MMIO write of 0x00000000 FAULT at 0x00b000
[ 66.433916] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 66.494096] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 66.552738] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 66.610581] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
[ 89.066389] nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:00:0d.0] MMIO write of 0x00710001 FAULT at 0x00b000
[ 89.537579] nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:00:0d.0] MMIO write of 0x00000000 FAULT at 0x00b000
[ 140.018020] nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:00:0d.0] MMIO write of 0x007a0001 FAULT at 0x00b000
[ 140.055973] nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:00:0d.0] MMIO write of 0x00000000 FAULT at 0x00b000
[ 238.966158] nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:00:0d.0] MMIO write of 0x00770001 FAULT at 0x00b000
[ 239.609047] nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:00:0d.0] MMIO write of 0x00000000 FAULT at 0x00b000
[ 649.612344] nr_pdflush_threads exported in /proc is scheduled for removal
[ 649.613010] sysctl: The scan_unevictable_pages sysctl/node-interface has been disabled for lack of a legitimate use case. If you have one, please send an email to linux-mm@kvack.org.
[ 941.988815] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1

The problem is that sometimes ... eventually ... my screen goes grey, with diagonal lines in a diagonal pattern on the background, and the whole machine locks up. Just like a microsoft box. Nothing. I cannot change to a tty and kill the xprocess ... no response at all. This is a nighmare. I have to physically powerdown the machine and restart it. Just like a microsoft machine. This has never happened to me before under linux or unix.

If this continues ... I don't know what I'll do. Try FreeBSD?

I'd appreciate any help I can get. Thanks.

ToZ · 2015-05-24 00:57:53

Not really an Xfce problem, but....
more detailed information about your video card would be helpful to anyone trying to help. Also posting your Xorg.0.log file would be helpful.

In the event that you have an NV4C chipset, this bug report (similar with respect to the striped pattern you are seeing) indicates that the kernel parameter nouveau.config=NvMSI=0 might help.

Also, you may have more luck over at the debian or nvidia forums.

jfmxl · 2015-05-24 02:30:00

Thanks, Moderator ... I typed something in a terminal once and it showed what nvidia chip I had .,.. but Ive forgotten what I typed. Do you know?

This didn't happen on debian 8. Debian 9 uses systemd. I wonder if that could be the problem?

jfmxl · 2015-05-24 02:35:50

Also ... where would I put that kernel parameter ?

jfmxl · 2015-05-24 02:46:20

dmidecode gives a 2008 date for the motherboard, so I imagine that goes for the nvidia chip as well

hwinfo :

VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2)

That doesn't look like NV4C, does it?

jfmxl · 2015-05-24 02:48:01

actually that was lspci that gave me the NVIDIA info, not hwinfo

ToZ · 2015-05-24 10:04:35

Here is an ubuntu bug report about a similar issue with the same card. A comment there indicated that the kernel parameter helped.

As for adding kernel parameters, I strongly suggest trying the parameter temporarily first by editing the kernel boot line. If it works, then you can add it permanently. I suggest this because if something goes wrong and the system won't boot, simply restart to get your old setup back. here is an Ubuntu wiki article on how this is done (see the "Temporarily Add a Kernel Boot Parameter for Testing" section). Hopefully the same will work in Debian.

Of course, another option is to try the proprietary nvidia drivers...

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