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#1 2011-07-16 14:13:45

tarun.hellknight
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From: India
Registered: 2010-11-30
Posts: 65
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GNOME 3 desktop freezes.. Have to reboot physically then

Hey guys.. Off lately, my GNOME 3 desktop is freezing. It is not common but I do see it freezing every alternate day. I can't seem to figure out what is the problem. I'm posting my hardware details

AMD Athlon II X4 640 @ 3.0 GHz
2x2 GB Kingston DDR2 RAM
1 TB Samsung HDD + 500 GB Samsung Green HDD (both SATA)
Palit GTX 260 Sonic Core 216 graphics card (NVIDIA drivers installed)
Cooler Master Extreme 500 W PSU
Coolet Master Hyper Tx3 cpu cooler
AOC F22 21.5" Full HD LCD
Sony DRU 870 S DVD Writer (SATA)
Arch Linux 64-bit with GNOME 3 desktop.

Things that I've done to resolve the problem :-

1. Temperature of CPU is in check. It is around 20-25 degrees under idle & 30-35 degrees under load.
2. RAM is working fine since I never experienced a crash on CentOS & Windows 7
3. PSU is fine because I checked it & played game for about 2 hours non-stop.
4. System is fully updated every time.

I'm also pasting the output of my /etc/rc.conf file :-

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# DAEMON_LOCALE: If set to 'yes', use $LOCALE as the locale during daemon
# startup and during the boot process. If set to 'no', the C locale is used.
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
#   Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged.
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
# VERBOSE: Verbose level (from 1 to 8). man 3 syslog for level info
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Asia/Kolkata"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
VERBOSE="3"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Blacklisting is no longer supported.
#   Replace every !module by an entry as on the following line in a file in
#   /etc/modprobe.d:
#     blacklist module
#   See "man modprobe.conf" for details.
#

#MODULES=(vboxdrv vboxnetflt)
MODULES=(powernow-k8 cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave vboxdrv vboxnetflt )
# Udev settle timeout (default to 30)
UDEV_TIMEOUT=30

# Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
USEDMRAID="no"

# Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup
USEBTRFS="no"

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="AX-64"

# Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Wired network setup
#   - interface: name of device (required)
#   - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
#   - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP)
#   - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
# 
# Static IP example
# interface=eth0
# address=192.168.0.2
# netmask=255.255.255.0
# gateway=192.168.0.1
#
# DHCP example
# interface=eth0
# address=
# netmask=
# gateway=

interface=eth0
address=
netmask=
gateway=

# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"

# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. These are useful if you happen to
# need more advanced network features than the simple network service
# supports, such as multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
# If something other takes care of your hardware clock (ntpd, dual-boot...)
# you should disable 'hwclock' here.
#
DAEMONS=(hwclock @acpid syslog-ng network netfs dkms_autoinstaller sshd @crond @alsa dbus hal cups gdm @cpufreq @cpu)

Should I install another WM like OpenBox or something to see if it hangs or not? But, the problem occurs after a long period of time (usually 24-36 hours).

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#2 2011-07-16 14:58:30

Durden
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Registered: 2011-06-19
Posts: 261

Re: GNOME 3 desktop freezes.. Have to reboot physically then

Another WM may help. Gnome3 is using Mutter for compositing. I've found it to be rather stable but I have heard of other people having issues. KDE uses Kwin which is pretty darned good. Freezing is usually graphics card related. I take it from your above post that you're using the proprietary nvidia drivers? Is the freezing after waking from sleep?

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#3 2011-07-16 18:22:07

tarun.hellknight
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Posts: 65
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Re: GNOME 3 desktop freezes.. Have to reboot physically then

Yeah I'm using proprietary nvidia drivers.. It never freezes while waking from sleep.. it just randomly freezes.. I check the hardware too, it is working well.. this message comes after intense 3 hour gaming session on Windows which proves that hardware is alright.. I guess you're right, I need to install KDE & check it then..

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#4 2011-07-17 16:26:15

tarun.hellknight
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Registered: 2010-11-30
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Re: GNOME 3 desktop freezes.. Have to reboot physically then

OK.. found out that there's a bug in GNOME 3's mutter, which freezes sometime with NVIDIA's proprietary drivers.. Installed KDE..

Last edited by tarun.hellknight (2011-07-18 13:36:35)

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#5 2011-07-18 21:40:55

tarun.hellknight
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Registered: 2010-11-30
Posts: 65
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Re: GNOME 3 desktop freezes.. Have to reboot physically then

Update:- I installed KDE 4, but it crashes too.. Although, I'm able to login into a tty session.. I'm posting the output of my xorg.conf file.. Maybe it will help. Also, I just installed new drivers of NVIDIA from the repos & rebooted, but they didn't helped either..

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 260.19.21  (buildmeister@builder101)  Thu Nov  4 21:47:28 PDT 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "dri2"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "AOC"
    ModelName      "F22"
    Option       "DPI" "96 x 96"
EndSection

Section "Device"

        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen"     # [<bool>]
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

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