some steps I'd take for generic troubleshooting<br>1) check them logs. /var/log. <br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><ul><li>make sure kernel.* and *.emerg or alike go to system logs</li><li>turn on logging/debugging for the video card driver, if possible<br>
</li></ul></div>2) is system still responsive to keyboard (i.e., the 'crash' could be merely video loss?), or to remote access by ssh?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:06 PM, William wylde <<a href="mailto:durtybill@gmail.com">durtybill@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I'm running 64-bit ubuntu on a machine I built from scratch. It has a<br>
1gb RAM, One 300gb SATA drive, and one 300gb IDE drive. The display is<br>
running on a Nvidia G-Force 7 chipset, EPCI interface, with 512mb VRAM<br>
onboard (there is no fan on the board- I throw this in because I think<br>
it may prove relevant).<br>
<br>
This system runs fine until I try to use the opengl subsystem- and it's<br>
configured properly. The proprietary Nvidia drivers are installed via<br>
envy & apparently configuered correctly. And 3d apps will work for a<br>
few minutes before crashing.<br>
<br>
Unreal 1 will run seemingly forever- but I wasn't able to maintain<br>
attention to the game for more than the first few maps of the opening<br>
level, so it might eventually cause the system to crash, as well.<br>
<br>
When the system crashes, the monitor loses the signal from the card, and<br>
it seems the entire system will freeze, since I have to turn the system<br>
completely off both with the power-on switch and the input switch on the<br>
back of the power-supply, then turn it all back on before I can start<br>
the sytem again. A hard reset- though it works when the system is<br>
stable- will not reboot the system when the crash occurs.<br>
<br>
I was wondering whether this was simply a case of the GPU on my card<br>
getting hot and shutting down (i.e. I need to get a cooling unit for the<br>
card), or if there might be a software issue somewhere under it all that<br>
I'm overlooking.<br>
<br>
If it's a software problem, I'll need to get it fixed whether I get a<br>
GPU cooler or not... And I figure this is the place to get opinions on<br>
the matter... :)<br>
<br>
Which I guess I'm going to do. It'll make me feel better about it<br>
all... heh.<br>
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