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