From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050909 Fedora/1.0.6-1.2.fc4 Firefox/1.0.6 Description of problem: For some reason, my Xserver appears to crash. This occurs when I have several terminals open simultaneously and appears to occur only when I am using a web browser (i.e. firefox). The crash basically entails the entire display turning to a bunch of red and blue lines across the screen. If I click on the screen with my mouse, some of the display comes back, but then disappears again. I have to logout and log back in for the problem to correct. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open several browser window and go to a website with complex content, such as some flash applications? 2. 3. Additional info:
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Always fill that field in in bug reports please. Also, please always attach your X server log file and config file as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link below, to all X related bug reports. In particular, the log file details the hardware in the system, how it was configured, and many other clues that are mandatory troubleshooting aids for developers. Thanks in advance.
Created attachment 119416 [details] X log file # 1
Created attachment 119417 [details] X log file # 2
Created attachment 119418 [details] X config file
Created attachment 119419 [details] Image of crashed desktop
Mike, I have applied the requested corrections. I am currently using X version 6.8.2 (In reply to comment #1) > > Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): > > Always fill that field in in bug reports please. > > Also, please always attach your X server log file and config file as > individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file > attachment link below, to all X related bug reports. In particular, > the log file details the hardware in the system, how it was > configured, and many other clues that are mandatory troubleshooting > aids for developers. > > Thanks in advance.
This appears to be a video driver acceleration corruption issue of some sort. If you're still using FC4, you should test the noaccel option to test if it prevents the corruption, and if so, remove noaccel and test the various XaaNo.... options documented in the xorg.conf manpage to narrow down the problematic accel primitive. Otherwise, it is recommended to upgrade to FC5, as it is likely the issue may be resolved in FC5. If the problem exists for this hardware still in FC5 however, it is recommended to file a bug report upstream to X.org so that the "nv" driver maintainer at Nvidia is aware of the issue and can investigate fixing it in a future driver update. http://bugs.freedesktop.org If after testing FC5 you find that the problem still exists and need to report the issue to X.Org, if you paste the URL here, we will track the issue upstream and review any patches that become available for consideration in future driver updates. Thanks in advance.