My desktop system will have random xorg hangs. The mouse pointer still moves and the music from rhythmbox plays, but the keyboard stops working. The screen saver never activates either after the freeze.

I can ssh to the computer. If I kill -9 Xorg, it restarts but the same frozen screen appears. If I telinit 3 and back to 5, same result of the same frozen screen showing up.

The freezes seem random. They have been happening for some times. It could be a couple of weeks between a freeze or five minutes. Ambient temperature seems to have little effect. The workload also seems to haven no effect.

I have upgraded the BIOS to the latest version. This computer (a gateway GM5478) is, sadly, known for having issues (http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7586_102-0.html?threadID=269432&start=45).


So before I start replacing components to try to "fix" this issue, I wanted to see if there was any interest in trying to work around whatever issue this system has. I can use strace and compile rpms with patches if needed. I just need direction. If it is not worth the effort for a corner case, I'm happy to have this request closed and I'll go the replace-everything-until-it-is-fixed route.

Thanks.

--Bill




[bill@tiki ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express MEI Controller (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA RAID Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
07:00.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems Lucent V.92 Data/Fax Modem
07:02.0 Mass storage controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. ITE 8211F Single Channel UDMA 133 (rev 11)
07:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW322/323 (rev 70)