Re: GNome hang

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PS = Pete Stieber wrote:
PS>>>>> My X-server hangs after running for a few minutes.
PS>>>>> I run gnome.
<snip>
PS>>>>> I have an ATI graphics card...
PS>>>>
PS>>>> # lspci
PS>>>> .
PS>>>> .
PS>>>> .
PS>>>> 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller:
PS>>>> ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
PS>>>>
PS>>>> I am not using any third-party drivers.
<snip>

RE = Richard England
RE>>> This is not really an answer but perhaps a place for
RE>>> some further investigation.  I had a system with an
RE>>> nvidia card that exhibited the same symptoms you are
RE>>> describing.  I isolated it to some interaction with
RE>>> one of a set of screen savers and the video driver.

PS>> I'm pretty sure this isn't related to screen savers
PS>> because I am using the display (moving the mouse
PS>> and hitting keys on the keyboard) when the X server
PS>> gets bogged down.
PS>>
PS>> I removed a bunch of packages using "yum erase".  I
PS>> finally got to a point where "yum groupinstall
PS>> gnome-desktop" worked.  I also noticed a recent
PS>> update to the Fedora ATI xorg drivers, but I'm still
PS>> experiencing the hang.  Now I don't have any mouse
PS>> or keyboard.  The caps lock, scroll lock, num lock
PS>> leds don't change when I hit these keys.
PS>>
PS>> When I login remotely, top tells me that the xserver
PS>> process (X) is using 100% of cpu.

PS> I left this machine running overnight with the X
PS> process at 100%.  The next morning the following
PS> lines were appended to Xorg.0.log...
PS>
PS> (EE) RADEON(0): GetBuffer timed out, resetting engine...
PS>
PS> I opened the case to confirm the graphics card type
PS> (ATI 9250 / 128 MB DDR TV-out DVI 64-bit).  When I
PS> did this I noticed the fan attached to the heat sink
PS> was frozen.
PS>
PS> My new guess is the card would overheat when the X
PS> server started.
PS>
PS> Does this seam reasonable?
PS>
PS> I've ordered a new ATI graphics card.  This one just
PS> has a heat sink (no fan).  I picked ATI over NVidia
PS> just to try the new Fedora ATI drivers.
PS>
PS> I had a similar "fan lockup" problem on other NVidia
PS> and ATI cards.  If this is the problem, does anyone
PS> know where I can purchase a replacement fan?  It
PS> seems like a waste to throw the card away.  It works
PS> at run level 3.

The saga continues. I hope I don't develop the same reputation as Karl L. ;-)

Even though I removed the fan from the ATI graphics card, a friend suggested I drop back to the standard VESA VGA X driver and see if that worked. It did. Even with screen savers and OpenGL applications the X server did not freeze.

Should I post a fedora bugzilla report for the ATI driver?

I have xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.7.197-1.fc8 loaded.

Pete

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