Mint 17 with Cinnamon freezing, possibly touchpad related?
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djwhiteastro
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Mint 17 with Cinnamon freezing, possibly touchpad related?
I'm having some random freezing issues since doing a clean install of Mint 17 with Cinnamon. At first I wondered if it was Firefox/Chrome issues but it seems to be unrelated to either one specifically. Next I wondered if it was a wireless issue, but again it has happened whether using wifi or hardwired. The only thing that seems to be the same is that I am using my touchpad at the time it freezes. I've had several hours of trouble free use when using a wired mouse. Initially I thought it was if I was using the touchpad when the CPU ramped up. I changed the CPU governor from ondemand to conservative, but still freezes. I also set the minimum frequency from 800MHz to 1.2GHz, but the freezes still happen randomly. If I use CTRL-ALT-F1 to enter a console, and immediately re-enter using CTRL-ALT-F8, and everything is unfrozen. But it inevitably happens again. Sometimes it lasts for an hour or so between freezing, often it happens every few minutes. Any ideas?
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Re: Mint 17 with Cinnamon freezing, possibly touchpad relate
Usually problems have got a connection to graphics so see if you have the right graphics, are there other drivers?
Another option: did you install all the updates? Including the level 5 with the firmware? It might include something for your touchpad.
Also: is there a BIOS update for your computer?
For further suggestions: please post the output of (using the terminal):
Another option: did you install all the updates? Including the level 5 with the firmware? It might include something for your touchpad.
Also: is there a BIOS update for your computer?
For further suggestions: please post the output of (using the terminal):
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PatH57
Re: Mint 17 with Cinnamon freezing, possibly touchpad relate
Hi
did you check the recommandations given on your last post, seems this is the same problem?
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 8&t=172826
did you check the recommandations given on your last post, seems this is the same problem?
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 8&t=172826
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pacharanero
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Re: Mint 17 with Cinnamon freezing, possibly touchpad relate
I had the same problem with multiple freezes of Cinnamon occurring every few minutes of use. I could restart the X server by using Ctrl - Alt - Backspace and login again but this loses the session and all unsaved data.
I also found that using the power button would break the lock, by putting up the "restart/logout/shutdown/hibernate" dialog, and then clicking on Cancel.
The problem seems to have been fixed by updating the kernel from 3.13 to 3.15.7 (currently the lastest stable linux kernel)
Hope this helps someone else.
M
I also found that using the power button would break the lock, by putting up the "restart/logout/shutdown/hibernate" dialog, and then clicking on Cancel.
The problem seems to have been fixed by updating the kernel from 3.13 to 3.15.7 (currently the lastest stable linux kernel)
Hope this helps someone else.
M