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amjafuso

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Registered: 2015-08-18

Posts: 27

[Solved] Random Freeze

Hi

My system freezes randomly. RAM check was ok. I guess it has to do with graphics driver. Googling shows me I'm not the only one. A user suggests to turn off hardware acceleration: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … mments/147. I don't find any configuration file with this setting. How can I turn off hardware acceleration?

My System:

Hardware: shuttle SFF-XS35V4 (USB 3.0, HDMI, Intel Celeron J1900)
OS: Debian based, Sparky Linux with XFCE desktop

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction Register (rev 0e)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display (rev 0e)
00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series SATA AHCI Controller (rev 0e)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series USB xHCI (rev 0e)
00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 0e)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller (rev 0e)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 0e)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 0e)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 0e)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 0e)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Power Control Unit (rev 0e)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series SMBus Controller (rev 0e)
01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8411 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
02:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0a)

uname -a
Linux silent6 4.2.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.2.5-1 (2015-10-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux

xfce4-about: 4.12

Last edited by amjafuso (2015-11-18 07:55:28)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: [Solved] Random Freeze

I don't find any configuration file with this setting. How can I turn off hardware acceleration?

With root privileges, create that file with those contents. Log out and back in again for it to take effect. The X server will read that file when starting up and disable those features. You can confirm this by looking at your Xorg log file.

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amjafuso

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Registered: 2015-08-18

Posts: 27

Re: [Solved] Random Freeze

Brilliant thanks. I will report in a few days if this solved the problem.

amjafuso

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Registered: 2015-08-18

Posts: 27

Re: [Solved] Random Freeze

After two days without any freeze I can tell this workaround works. Of course it's not the most elegant solution as hardware acceleration helps a lot. Hopefully this problem will be solved in the near future (HTML5 Video still crashes Firefox).