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full hang when video watching

Asked by MishelL

Notebook Samsung r40 plus (video card: ATI Radeon Express 1250) hanging when i watching video. And i can't do anything, reset button only because hanging is full. This bug i found started in 7.10 and countinued in ubuntu 10.04. Maybe it's problems with video drivers, but compiz and other working perfect.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Instead of using the power button (this can damage your hardware). Can you reset the X server instead?

try:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

add these 3 lines:

Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection

Save the new file and reboot, may help.

By fullscreen video do you mean in mplayer / VLC or do you mean flash??? You never said and there is a world of difference

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MishelL (mishellbox) said : 		#2

Maybe it's different but hanging in flash playter and in mplayer too :( Thank a lot for advice with xorg.conf. I need a time for testing it.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep swf; dpkg -l | grep grep

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MishelL (mishellbox) said : 		#4

That's it:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
Linux mishell-laptop 2.6.32-24-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 19 01:12:52 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
ii flashplugin-installer 10.1.82.76ubuntu0.10.04.2 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii grep 2.5.4-4build1 GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
mishell@mishell-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep swf; dpkg -l | grep grep

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Also

dpkg -l | grep gnash

grep grep was a typo :(

Looking excellent so far.

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MishelL (mishellbox) said : 		#6

dpkg -l | grep gnash
nothing...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Ok try this:

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

May help.

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MishelL (mishellbox) said : 		#8

Can my hanging stop, if i changed my swap from 4gb to 10gb? I did it and today my computer working without hanging. Perhaps this it not for long...

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MishelL (mishellbox) said : 		#9

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Thank, but i already done it before some days ago...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#10

If you have 4Gb RAM then 4Gb swap is enough. The rule of thumb is:

> 2Gb RAM then use a 2Gb swap
< 2Gb RAM then use 2xRAM

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MishelL (mishellbox) said : 		#11

Ok, thank you. If my hanging starts again, i'll write about it. If not i try to understand what solved my problem and write about it too...

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MishelL (mishellbox) said : 		#12

My hangs are continues...

That strings don't help

Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection

Anythings else ideas?

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