[ale] So, which is it? Mint, X, or Firefox

[James Sumners]

It might also help to post the X log file, preferably with debug info.

On Thursday, January 3, 2013, Sergio Chaves wrote:

> Greg,
>
> Thanks for the tip.
> The cooling fan indeed runs more often than one would guess.
> I'll try that route. if it does not work, a new laptop it is.
>
> thanks again
>
> Sergio
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Perhaps your software issues are just coincidental with hardware issues. I
> would check the CPU fan/heat sink. Most older laptops have a fine pitched
> copper finned heat sink that makes an excellent dust trap. So you may be
> having heat loading issues that are appearing to be software related but
> are not. If so a good blast of compressed air may solve the problem. It
> could also result from pump out of your thermal interface compound, which
> would necessitate removing the heat sink, cleaning it and the CPU top and
> reapplying a new coat of "goo." You might be able to check the thermal idea
> by watching the temps on the BIOS screen. If they are high and the system
> spontaneously reboots from BIOS, that is likely your root problem.  It
> could also be a failing power supply. I assume you have the problem whether
> the laptop is plugged in to the AC or not. If so it could be the internal
> DC-DC power supply. If that should be the case, time to look for a "new"
> laptop, something used on Craig's List might work.
>
> Alternatively, "when Momma anin't happy, ain't nobody happy," so you might
> be a smart man to give up the Android tablet without too much resistance.
>
> Happy New Year (maybe)
> Greg Clifton
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Sergio Chaves <sergio.chaves at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Alers,
>
> Need help before wife start asking for my Android Tablet :-)
> Background:
> Old VAIO laptop PCG-K23, 1 Gig RAM - good for downloading recipes, etc.
> Running Fedora - up to 12 - never an issue
> Had Mint 12 running. Everything fine till last upgrade/update.
>
> The problem:
> After the las update, X started to restart on its own.
> Googling it points me to (several) problems with Firefox 17.
> Install Chromium. Problem persists.
>
> Install Mint 14 with MATE. Problem persists.
> Downgrade to Firefox 16 as it cured the issues for most. Not me.
> Install Chromium again, it will not even load, gives me the "sorry" page.
>
> TOP shows - with Firefox 16 running:
> KiB Mem:    961700 total,   854236 used,   107464 free,    48272 buffers
> KiB Swap:   979964 total,      268 used,   979696 free,   434460 cached
>
> Syslog shows:
>  chromium-browse[2797]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error
> 4
> Jan  2 17:39:53 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7192.640141]
> chromium-browse[2819]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
> Jan  2 17:39:56 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7195.537858]
> chromium-browse[2826]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
> Jan  2 17:39:58 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7197.249233]
> chromium-browse[2834]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
> Jan  2 17:40:08 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7207.453878]
> chromium-browse[2841]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
> Jan  2 17:40:21 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7220.015492]
> chromium-browse[2848]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
> Jan  2 17:57:39 laila-PCG-K23-UC x-session-manager[2483]: WARNING:
> Detected that screensaver has left the bus
> Jan  2 17:57:39 laila-PCG-K23-UC mdm[2453]: WARNING:
> mdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
> Jan  2 17:57:40 laila-PCG-K23-UC acpid: client 2463[0:0] has disconnected
>
> Is the screensaver crapping out that is  causing me to lose my Tablet?
> She prefers Mint because it is(was ?) a more user friendly distro.
> Also, she misses the auto-complete on search field on FF17. Reinstalling
> FF16 did not solve the problem.
> Adding this rule, *browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled - true, *in
> about:config did not work.
> Help!
>
> Sergio
>
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