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