Linux Mint 7 Crash?

[ranggakat]

Hello, i want to report a bug i discovered in my Gloria.

A couple days after installing Gloria my system runs smoothly without problem, even i can't use visual/desktop effects because my GM965 is on compiz blacklist (i don't know if this is the trigger of the problem, after i use apt-get upgrade & update and compiz been updated, i can use any effect on compiz).

A fews day later, in 4-5 minutes after boot (and even before i login), my system suddenly crash, i can't use my mouse and keyboard at all + my monitor shows error / disorder display, and power button is the only way out of this trouble, but when i'm trying to boot again this thing never happen again until i shutdown my system, and happens everytime in my system first time boot. I can't sure this is a hardware or software problem, but in my previous OS ( i use Vista) this problem never happen. Now, sometimes this is coming in 2 times ( #1 boot=crash; #2=crash; #3=success).

here's my system spec:
Toshiba Satellite M200
Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 @ 1,5 GHz
Intel GM965
3GB RAM

ready to give another information you need.

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

Hi flip, I'm marking this as upstream as it's related to hardware support. Could you provide the upstream devs with more information. For instance, does this problem happen on the newly released Ubuntu 10.04 or Mint 9 RC?

Also, can you give more info on the file you uploaded "ss.jpg"? Doesn't seem to be readable..

[IKT (ikt)]

Clement Lefebvre, if you right click and save the image as, it will open in a regular image viewer.

To be honest this looks like a video card issue.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Upstream driver bugs should go all the way upstream to freedesktop.org.

[Oskar Wallgren (oskar.wallgren)]

Clement said - "Also, can you give more info on the file you uploaded "ss.jpg"? Doesn't seem to be readable.."

I edited the attachment so now the .jpg works.

[Oskar Wallgren (oskar.wallgren)]

By judging from the screenshot and the timing of the onset, I'd say this is a hardware error.

Apparently this is a known issue with this laptop:
http://zipmypc.com/hardware-issues/diplsy-problem-charge-toshiba-m200/
http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Video-Display/lcd-problem-toshiba-satellite-m200/td-p/97667
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=55131

It could be something like the GPU, a serial driver or the lcd screen itself. I vote the serial driver... especially if it's of brand National Semiconductor... >:( (they had it coming...)

As this is a hardware problem, Linux Mint 7 is long gone, the OP doesn't seem to be active on Launchpad and the Toshiba in question most likely is in a cupboard somewhere, I close this thread as invalid.

Oskar