I'm running a Dell Inspiron with an Intel video driver and up-to-date F23 64 bit installed, GNOME3 desktop. I'm looking for suggestions to improve stability, as I'm crashing 3 - 4 times a day and can't afford to lose work in progress in LibreOffice, consoles and Chromium. Crashes are almost always occurring when I click on a link or UI element, instantly dropping me back into the login screen. Running ABRT, I've posted bugs to Bugzilla (see below).
If anyone has a similar setup and had found more stability by downgrading a driver, tweaking settings or switching desktops, I'd welcome any suggestions.
Intel® Core™ i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz × 4 Intel® HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) Memory 11.6 Gb GNOME Version 3.18.2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257659 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306676
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
I'm running a Dell Inspiron with an Intel video driver and up-to-date F23 64 bit installed, GNOME3 desktop. I'm looking for suggestions to improve stability, as I'm crashing 3 - 4 times a day and can't afford to lose work in progress in LibreOffice, consoles and Chromium. Crashes are almost always occurring when I click on a link or UI element, instantly dropping me back into the login screen. Running ABRT, I've posted bugs to Bugzilla (see below).
If anyone has a similar setup and had found more stability by downgrading a driver, tweaking settings or switching desktops, I'd welcome any suggestions.
Intel® Core™ i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz × 4 Intel® HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) Memory 11.6 Gb GNOME Version 3.18.2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257659 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306676
So I'm not alone.
I have a similar problem:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298826
but still waiting for a solution.
As you I have no workaround except for crossing my fingers before I open LibreOffice. But, it works only occasionally.
I have a Dell Latitude E5430.
Best,
Marco
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:13:10 -0500 Ted Roche wrote:
tweaking settings or switching desktops
I'd certainly try switching desktops to something that isn't insisting on doing 3D animations for everything. I use fvwm with intel video all the time and have never had a video related crash that I know of.
Is gnome using wayland instead of "normal" X these days? If so, another reason to switch.
Tom:
The last time I crashed back to the login screen I hit the little 'gear' icon to see what choices I had installed, and I could pick from "GNOME" "GNOME Classic" and "GNOME with Wayland" (iirc, perhaps not verbatim). I had been using "GNOME Classic" and thought I'd try Wayland for the experience. So far, no crashes, but it's only been a few hours.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Tom Horsley horsley1953@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:13:10 -0500 Ted Roche wrote:
tweaking settings or switching desktops
I'd certainly try switching desktops to something that isn't insisting on doing 3D animations for everything. I use fvwm with intel video all the time and have never had a video related crash that I know of.
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On 02/12/2016 03:25 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
The last time I crashed back to the login screen I hit the little 'gear' icon to see what choices I had installed, and I could pick from "GNOME" "GNOME Classic" and "GNOME with Wayland" (iirc, perhaps not verbatim). I had been using "GNOME Classic" and thought I'd try Wayland for the experience. So far, no crashes, but it's only been a few hours
If you're having constant crashes like that, there's something wrong. It's been months since I've had to reboot for anything except a power outage, all scheduled. Of course, I don't use Gnome, but even that should be more stable than this.
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Joe Zeff joe@zeff.us wrote:
If you're having constant crashes like that, there's something wrong. It's been months since I've had to reboot for anything except a power outage, all scheduled.
Hence my post.
Been running Linux since dinosaurs roamed the earth, floppy disks, 110 baud, blah blah blah, many machines, many distros.
This is a new-ish laptop, clean F23 install. Inspiron is one model down in build quality than my usual and I regret that. I've had to disasssemble and retighten screws twice to avoid crashes when lifting, twisting, repositioning screen, etc. This doesn't seem to be a replay of that, although a click certainly can cause mechanical motion. The screw tightness problem was causing a full hardware crash, short to ground, dead box, not a desktop crash, so I'm pretty sure they're different issues.
Of course, I don't use Gnome, but even that should be more stable than this.
GNOME3's not my first choice, just went with the defaults to see how long until I'm disappointed again and find a new desktop.
So I've narrowed it down to hardware, driver or desktop manager. Now to vary one factor at a time, gather data, and try alternatives.