On 02/26/2013 08:56 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 02/27/13 00:39, Michael Eager wrote:
I'm having periodic freezes of F18.  The freezes happen when
I click on a link.  Usually this is in a Thunderbird window,
but I've seen one freeze when clicking on a desktop icon.  The
system will work for a day or several days between freezes.

When it freezes, the screen is frozen, mouse is unresponsive,
and any sound which was playing repeats.  I can ping the system,
but SSH does not respond.  The system logs show nothing.

I recently upgraded the system from F15 using Nvidia drivers to
F18 with nouveau driver.  Power management is turned off.

I've searched online and find some suggestion that there is
a problem with X and the nouveau driver.   Other suggestions
about overheating or other hardware problems are unlikely.

Any suggestions?


No particular suggestion.  However, I did have a similar problem.  This was on F17 and I 
would get a "freeze" condition.  The mouse would not be responsive and I could 
not ssh into the system.  Also, if I were viewing a video or something like NFL Network 
the sound would continue or get into a loop.

For me it turned out to be the fan dying on my video card.  It seems you've 
ruled that out but I just wanted to mention that it matched my experience.

I don't think that it is a temp issue.  When I reboot, the system is stable,
sometimes for days.

Now, I know this is heretic, have you considered using the nVidia drivers?  
(FWIW, I *must* use the nVidia drivers since nouveau fails with my hardware.

I used the nvidia drivers with F15, but they did not work with a new
large-screen monitor.  Nouveau seems more tolerant.



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