It happens whether or not I'm playing a video. Most of the videos I
watch are not flash videos. They're mostly avi files with xvid, but
some were mpeg1 or mpeg2. I used vlc to play them.
On 11/10/2011 16:32, Dazed_75 wrote:
> All of your issues sound like they happen when playing videos. Is
> that true or are there other times as well?
>
> As far as what else it could be, there could be lots of possibilities
> but they might be hard to track down to elements that are common to
> Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Fedora. If it is localized to playing videos, I
> would certainly be suspicious of the command line based underpinnings
> the players might use. Oh, and are the videos Flash based or not?
>
> If you are coming to the meeting tonight and can come to the
> restaurant after, someone there may be able to help.
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Derek Trotter
> <expat.arizonan@gmail.com <mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On 11/10/2011 16:10, Dazed_75 wrote:
>> Try looking to see if you are using the open source generic
>> nvidia driver or the proprietary one. I am not sure where that
>> is in the Kubuntu menus but look for something in System, or
>> Administration with a name that is probably something about
>> Hardware. It should run a program that looks to see if there are
>> proprietary drivers you might choose to use.
> When I first installed the os I noticed the problem with the
> driver it came with. I checked and found where it suggested a
> proprietary driver and offered one other. I chose the one that
> was recommended. The bug showed itself with the driver that came
> with the install and the one I installed later.
>
>> I AM curious though if you have some particular reason for
>> suspecting it is due to you having that video card since a screen
>> freeze could be something above the driver level.
> I've had that card for about 2 years while the machine was running
> XP and didn't have this problem. It only showed itself after I
> installed the latest Ubuntu and Kubuntu version as well as the
> other latest linux flavors I mentioned earlier. Fedora 15 was the
> worst. It would freeze the screen as soon as I started playing a
> video. The others would let me watch at least for a few minutes
> before the screen froze.
>
> Also if it's not a driver problem, what else could it be?
>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Derek Trotter
>> <expat.arizonan@gmail.com <mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I have an NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS card that plugs into a PCI
>> slot. I have no problems with it in XP, but when I installed
>> Kubuntu 11.10 I found a problem. Occasionally the screen
>> freezes. I can't switch to a console. Also I can't kill the
>> x server. I know the machine has not completely locked up
>> because when I have audio playing, it keeps playing even
>> though the screen has frozen. None of the usual means to
>> shut down a machine work. The only thing I can do is hit the
>> reset button, press the power switch for several seconds
>> until the machine shuts off, or pull the plug. I've
>> encountered this on Ubuntu 11.10, Kubuntu 11.10, Mepis 11 and
>> Fedora 15. I installed the LTS verson of Kubuntu 10 and
>> haven't had any problems with it. Does anyone have any idea
>> what's going on or how to fix it?
>>
>> Thanks
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