Public bug reported: My desktop PC runs on an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+ with 1GB of RAM. The PCI VGA adapter is a Radeon X300. I experience sudden and without any apparent pattern X crashes. For instance, I may be using Firefox with just one tab open and Gnome hangs. But I may also be playing some 3D game (i.e. Neverball) or a Wine-emulated game (i.e. Grim Fantango) and Gnome also hangs. But I may also use the system for a lot of hours without any problem!
I have tested the RAM (memtest), as well as the ext4 formatted Western Digital WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 hard disks. There seem to be ok. The reason I' m reporting this against xorg-server is this log entry I noticed after the latest X crash (I was watching the intro of Grim Fantango in full screen): II) RADEON(0): Output: DVI-0, Detected Monitor Type: 0 Unhandled monitor type 0 (II) RADEON(0): Output: S-video, Detected Monitor Type: 0 Backtrace: 0: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x4f1b66] 1: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x41) [0x485a61] 2: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7f90b236f040] 3: /usr/lib/dri/r300_dri.so [0x7f90a57ff9e8] 4: /usr/lib/dri/r300_dri.so [0x7f90a57f7da8] 5: /usr/lib/dri/r300_dri.so(_swrast_DrawPixels+0x100) [0x7f90a57f86a0] 6: /usr/lib/dri/r300_dri.so(_mesa_DrawPixels+0x2ab) [0x7f90a57a69ab] 7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0x7f90b1085fbd] 8: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0x7f90b1089de2] 9: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(Dispatch+0x364) [0x44e304] 10: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(main+0x3bd) [0x433d8d] 11: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7f90b235a5a6] 12: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x433219] Saw signal 11. Server aborting. (II) Logitech USB Receiver: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) Logitech USB Receiver: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch I can't figure what the problem is or why it crashes. The monitor is a Samsung TV flat panel connected via its VGA connector. Resolution is OK. Also, following bug #285603 I have removed every fglrx package (only fglrx-modaliases was installed). I am attaching the full Xorg server log. Installed packages below. sb_release -dr Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 lspci -nn 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] [1002:5b60] Installed xorg packages: xorg1:7.4~5ubuntu18 xserver-xorg1:7.4~5ubuntu18 xserver-xorg-core2:1.6.0-0ubuntu14 xserver-xorg-input-all1:7.4~5ubuntu18 xserver-xorg-input-evdev1:2.1.1-1ubuntu4 xserver-xorg-input-kbd1:1.3.1-2ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-input-mouse1:1.4.0-1 xserver-xorg-input-synaptics0.99.3-2ubuntu4 xserver-xorg-input-wacom1:0.8.2.2-0ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-apm1:1.2.1-1 xserver-xorg-video-ark1:0.7.1-1 xserver-xorg-video-ati1:6.12.1-0ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-chips1:1.2.1-1 xserver-xorg-video-cirrus1:1.2.1-3 xserver-xorg-video-fbdev1:0.4.0-3 xserver-xorg-video-i1281:1.3.1-2ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9 xserver-xorg-video-mach646.8.0-3 xserver-xorg-video-mga1:1.4.9.dfsg-3 xserver-xorg-video-neomagic1:1.2.2-1 xserver-xorg-video-nv1:2.1.12-1ubuntu5 xserver-xorg-video-openchrome1:0.2.903+svn713-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-r1286.8.0+git20090201.08d56c88-1 xserver-xorg-video-radeon1:6.12.1-0ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-rendition1:4.2.0.dfsg.1-2ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-s31:0.6.1-1 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge1:1.10.2-1 xserver-xorg-video-savage1:2.2.1-4ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion1:1.7.0-1 xserver-xorg-video-sis1:0.10.1-1 xserver-xorg-video-sisusb1:0.9.0-4 xserver-xorg-video-tdfx1:1.4.0-2 xserver-xorg-video-trident1:1.3.0-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-tseng1:1.2.0-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-v4l1:0.2.0-1ubuntu5 xserver-xorg-video-vesa1:2.0.0-1ubuntu6 xserver-xorg-video-vmware1:10.16.5-2 xserver-xorg-video-voodoo1:1.2.0-1ubuntu1 ** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Sudden X.org crashes on Radeon card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363439 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs