[PLUG] HP Pavilion n5135 locks up in X-Windows - Help :)

[Michael Smith]

The only problem that I've had with X killing the system was with a Matrox
Mellinium that didn't recognize the right amount of video memory, usually right
after I started to put it on a high graphics load (running a couple of windows
and mozilla should do nicely) that took about 10 minutes after X started up.
If you're using X v4.x, have a look-see at /var/log/X* and go to the point
where the server says how much memory it found.  If it's not getting the right
stuff, then you have to explicitly state it in the /etc/XFree86.conf.

"Abdul-Khaliq, Rushdan" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has any experience working with Linux on laptops.
>
> I have an HP Pavilion n5135 that I installed RH7.2, SUSE 7.3, Mandrake
> 8.1/8.2 and always come across the same issue - the system locks up while
> working in X-Windows.  I am not doing anything out of the ordinary with the
> installs, just default install, ... using OS embedded S3 video drivers.
> When I start the X-Window session, it will normally work for about 10
> minutes and then all of a sudden the system will lock-up, at this point you
> cannot even switch to a console, you have to reboot to recover.  At first I
> thought that maybe it was the meager 64MB RAM I had installed, but after
> upgrading to 256MB I still have the issue.  I also tried looking for
> instructions on the Linux for Laptops site
> (http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hp.html), but the link for the HP n5135 was
> broken :(