On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Magnus Therning <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 12:08:31PM +0200, Max wrote: > > Dear arch users and developers, > > > > I have posted this issue also in the archlinux forum [1]. I didn't get > > much feedback there. So I'm hoping some people here might have an idea > > of how to resolve the problem. > > > > Problem: > > gnome shell freezes from time to time (actually daily). > > > > Freezing: > > "Freezing" means, the screen becomes unresponsive but everything seems > > to continue working (sound and videos continue playing; even the mouse > > pointer can still be moved). Most of the time I'm able to switch to a > > virtual console although sometimes it takes 10-20 seconds after > > CTRL+ALT+F1 to show up. Then, however, everything is running smoothly. > > It's not possible to restart X since it will freeze again at the gdm > > login screen, or even without using gdm when loading the desktop. > > > > What triggers the problem: > > Usually it happens while scrolling on websites or pdfs. I feel like it > > happens more often if there are large images. > > > > Hardware: > > IBM T60 > > ATI X1400 > > > > I think it's an issue with the open source radeon drivers. However, this > > problem doesn't occur using other desktop environments. I tried to look > > into some log files but I couldn't find noticeable error messages. > > This happens to me fairly rarely, but still often enough to be > irritating. > > For me it has only ever happened when I use the logo key to jump into > the Activities Overview and start typing to search for an application. > The only way out of it seems to be to jump out to a console and kill > gnome-session or restart gdm. > > /M > > I'll add a "ditto" to the logo key type to search apps freeze.
