Re: thinkpad freeze
* Ryan Nowakowski <tubaman@fattuba.com> [2006 Jan 21 08:54 -0600]:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 08:06:19PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > * Ryan Nowakowski <tubaman@fattuba.com> [2006 Jan 20 09:37 -0600]:
> > > I'm running unstable. After an apt-get upgrade yesterday, my thinkpad
> > > t42p freezes while using X. I'm using the same kernel as before the
> > > upgrade. No keyboard or mouse response. Any ideas?
> >
> > Look for the linux-thinkpad mailing list archives and
> > http://thinkwiki.org for more information. IIRC, there have been some
> > issues raised with the T42p and the radeon X11 driver. Luckily I have
> > no problems here on a T42 with Xorg 6.9.0 and 3D.
>
> I'm following the "cannot start x - ThinkPad T42" on the linux-thinkpad
> list. Carlos seems to have the exact same problem. Even if I use the
> "ati" driver instead of "radeon" it still freezes. Are you using fglrx?
No. I guess not since I don't know what fglrx is, exactly. I'm just
running Debian Xorg 6.9.0 with xlibmesa for the DRI driver. I am
successfully running acpid with no issues. The T42 model I have is a
2373-JTU.
- Nate >>
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