Xorg randomly crashes

stephanvl · 2014-11-14 12:30:43

I have a problem where Xorg randomly crashes.
First the desktop becomes unresponsive, however I can move my cursor.
Using the mouse doesn't do anything, neither does my keyboard. Have tried going to a different tty, without any luck.
I usually grab my phone, login over ssh, and poweroff/reboot my machine to fix it.

The crashes occur kind of randomly, there isn't one program that when I start it will crash.

I have a Radeon HD 7870, using the open source drivers (don't really want to use the proprietary drivers, as I found it was slower on cli).

I have posted the Xorg.0.log on pastebin: http://pastebin.com/MRrYyKRr

I hope someone can help me with this.

whaler · 2014-11-14 19:08:55

I have the same problem as you describe and as described in the referenced thread. If it is the same bug, the problem may have been introduced in kernel v. 3.14.6 - see

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=189081

Or it might not. Perhaps Xorg is the culprit, or maybe the open source Radeon driver.
Nobody knows when it will be fixed, if ever.

stephanvl · 2014-11-16 13:13:20

I just got another crash, however after waiting multiple seconds, my background changed back to the default and it responded again.

I have a dual monitor setup, and used a 3840x1200px image spanned over the two monitors.
I use cinnamon as a DE.
Couldn't find anything in the logs, the error I had the other day wasn't in the log this time, so I guess this is something else.

Trilby · 2014-11-16 13:17:56

Have you tried alternative acceleration methods? (e.g. see here).

Try XAA, EXA and Glamor to see if any of them help.

stephanvl · 2014-11-16 13:23:46

Not yet, will try it.

stephanvl · 2014-11-19 14:03:04

I've tried EXA for 3 days now, though i've had 2 crashes. I'll try XAA now, and after that Glamor.

stephanvl · 2014-11-20 17:47:57

Tried the other 2, but XAA didn't take long before it crashed, and glamor also crasht about 2 times.

stephanvl · 2014-11-23 15:03:15

After some trouble, I decided to try the catalyst drivers.
First problem was that cinnamon constantly crashed when starting it.
After a total re-install of cinnamon that magically fixed itself, or it was something I did but don't remember anymore.
After it all worked, it hasn't crashed as of yet.

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Xorg randomly crashes

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