Description of problem: X starts, and I am able to log in, however anything from 1 minute to a few hours later, the entire machine locks up hard. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.7.195-3.fc8 How reproducible: This machine was experiencing the problem in the last month of using F7, however it had previously been very stable. Now seeing this under F8 (clean build, not upgrade). Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install machine 2. Log in 3. Begin working (using menus, surfing net using firefox) Actual results: Machine locks up hard Expected results: Should be able to use the machine. Additional info: I have modified the xorg.conf to use the vesa driver, and so far that has proved to be stable (I'm writing this bug report on the affected machine).
Created attachment 247501 [details] lcpci output
Created attachment 247511 [details] xorg.conf, note the only change is driver to vesa, to make the machine not crash Machine doesn't crash with this xorg.conf, if I change the driver back to radeon, it locks up hard and regularly.
Created attachment 247521 [details] xorg log file when using radeon driver
Created attachment 247531 [details] xorg log when using the vesa driver
can you try adding Option "bustype" "PCI" to your device section or maybe trying some lower AGP speeds.. Via agp chipsets aren't the best..
OK, will try that and report back. One thing to note is that this machine has been stable since very early Fedora 6... and has only just (~4-8 weeks) become unstable in so there's been a change round that kind of timescale.
I think the newer X driver is possibly trying a higher agp mode, I need a log from the older stable driver.. and possibly if it was the kernel or X changing that destabilied..
OK, I can get all that information (although not until next week now). I'll slap a new hdd in and do a vanilla F7 installation. In the meantime, adding the line below to the device section of the xorg.conf as you suggested has certainly made it more stable so far, someone else will be using the machine on and off all week, so I'll be able to report back if it locks up. Option "bustype" "PCI" I obviously also changed the driver back to radeon for this test. I'll attach the xorg log file with bustype set to PCI just incase that's of interest too.
Created attachment 247801 [details] xorg log file when busmode is set to pci
Hmm, well the machine has locked up once in the last 24 hours... so that's much improved from it's state when it was first installed with F8, but the issue is not completely resolved or worked round. I'll still look at doing a vanilla RC F7 install at the weekend to grab and post the logs from that.
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Datapoint: I have Fedora 8 on an Amilo A1650G with an "ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)" and have had the same trouble at the start of the this year (machine locks up, preferably when opening a new window). This went away at some point in time (March?) but now (starting May 22nd or thereabout) it's back. Have there been any FC8 updates recently which may explain this? Is there a page tracking the updates rolled out?
Phenomenon occurs preferably when I'm using the scrllbar in firefox or thunderbird. Possibly the same as bug #436632
So I've changed the version information to F9... Things have improved slightly over the time since this was reported. Now, instead of locking the machine hard it just exits X, back to the console... and then re-spawns X dumping the user back at the login screen. I'll try and get some updated logs etc uploaded over the weekend.
Datapoint: Fedora 10 installation on the Amilo A1650G mentioned 2008-06-26 with an "ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M5955 (PCIE)" reproducibly hangs during graphics ops. How to reproduce: In the timezone selection screen, move the mouse erratically around until the machine locks up. I had another instance where it hangs while scrlling in another screen. -- xorg-x11-server 1.5.3-5.fc10 -- New driver is "ati"
Created attachment 326886 [details] X.log file of Fedora 10 installation For reference, I attach the X.log file of the Fedora 19 installation which manages to lock up the Amilo
Created attachment 326887 [details] Syslog file of the Fedora 10 installation Additionally, the syslog file of the Fedora 10 installation which locks up the Amilo
Re about the high-probability lock-up during Fedora 10 installation with a Radeon XPRESS 200M (a derivate of Mobility Radeon X300, not a Radeon 9200, sorry), I am happy to report that after successful installation and a "yum update" the machine runs somewhat stabler; lock-up is every 3 hours or so ;-) Currently at: xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.9.0-61.fc10.i386
Dave (Russell), Could you test current F10 ? If that happens, could you post full dmesg and Xorg.0.log as uncompressed attachments ? Thanks -- fdc
Reporter, could you please reply to the previous question? If you won't reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.
Hi. Interested in getting the dmesg/Xorg.0 for the Mobility Radeon X300 under F10?
Hi, I'm having the same problem, also with a Amilo A1650G. Frequent lockups all through F10, with varying frequency. With the most recent updates it was quite "good", i.e. "only" once or twice a day. I've also used the fglrx driver for a time and had no lockups at all with it (but lots of other issues, so I'm back to the ati driver). I've now moved to F11 beta, and the lockups are very frequent now (I get max 1 or 2 hours of work, in fact it just froze while I was writing this here, so I had to reboot and start typing again...). Firefox seems particularly bad, but it's not the only culprit, can happen with almost anything, often when scrolling. This is now: xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.12.2-4.fc11.x86_64 kernel-2.6.29.1-100.fc11.x86_64 I attach xorg.log.0 and dmesg from just after a crash.
Created attachment 340569 [details] dmesg output from Amilo 1650G
Oh, and I also tried different settings in the xorg.conf that I found suggested in misc. forum topics: In the Device section: Option "AccelMode" "EXA" Option "BusType" "PCI" In the Module section: Disable "dri" Disable "glx" I tried this in different combinations, none solved the problem completely, but crashed were less frequent with dri and glx disabled (but X used a lot of CPU then). BTW, between writing my last comment and now it crashed again...
Created attachment 340571 [details] Xorg.log.0 from after a crash
Hi again, the best combination in my case seems to be: - nomodeset noapic kernel arguments - Option "AGPMode" "2" in Xorg.conf With this, it's been quite stable so far. Hope this helps
Forget my last comment - I was probably just lucky for a day, but the problem is not solved and the computer still crashes regularly - everything between a few minutes and two hours after start. Please let me know what I can do to help, test anything or give information or whatever. Thanks
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