PS = Pete Stieber wrote:
PS>> My X-server hangs after running for a few minutes.
PS>> I run gnome. The mouse continues to move on the
PS>> screen, but the keyboard dies and the clicking the
PS>> mouse has no effect.
PS>>
PS>> I can ssh into the machine and kill a ton of
PS>> processes to exit out of the XServer.
PS>>
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.
PS>>
PS>> I upgraded this box from 6 -> 7 -> 8. I recently
PS>> learned about the fedora yum upgrade FAQ.
PS>> For a 7 -> 8 upgrade, the FAQ recommends...
PS>>
PS>> # yum groupinstall sound-and-video gnome-desktop
PS>>
PS>> When I try this I get the text appended to this message.
PS>> Sorry about the line-wrap.
PS>>
PS>> What should I do next?
PS>>
PS>> TIA,
PS>> Pete
PS>>
PS>> fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
PS>> updates 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
PS>> Setting up Group Process
PS>> Package alsa-utils - 1.0.15-1.fc8.x86_64 already installed and latest
PS>> version
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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.
RE> If I stopped using the screen savers I no longer had
RE> the problem. If I changed to the vendor drivers I
RE> didn't have the problem. Before I could do any
RE> more investigation I ran an update on the system,
RE> which included a new kernel and video drivers and
RE> the problem was gone.
RE>
RE> It might be worth investigating the video systems
RE> and the screen savers.
RE>
RE> HTH, sorry I don't have a real "solution" for you.
I'm pretty sure this isn't related to screen savers because I am using
the display (moving the mouse and hitting keys on the keyboard) when the
X server gets bogged down.
I removed a bunch of packages using "yum erase". I finally got to a
point where "yum groupinstall gnome-desktop" worked. I also noticed a
recent update to the Fedora ATI xorg drivers, but I'm still experiencing
the hang. Now I don't have any mouse or keyboard. The caps lock,
scroll lock, num lock leds don't change when I hit these keys.
When I login remotely, top tells me that the xserver process (X) is
using 100% of cpu.
I can post my Xorg.0.log, but it is large (59,684) and I don't see any
errors in it. There are warnings.
What should I do next?
Pete
