On Sat, 27 May 2017 01:20:18 -0400 Michael Shell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 May 2017 09:36:04 -0400 > Andrew Warshall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a radeon HD3000 graphics chipset. It works fine unless I try > > to do something graphics-intensive (video game, say) in which case > > after ~half an hour the Xserver hangs with many messages written to > > the system console about how it "couldn't schedule IB". > If the GPU is overheating, upgrading its fan or reseating the heatsink > with new thermal compound might do the trick. Make sure the case > itself has enough ventilation. You could try testing it with the case > open, maybe even with a room fan blowing into it. > > As Kuba said, you can boot multiple kernels, so there should not be > any reason you can't try the very latest version. > > If you ever do find the problem, please do let us know what it > turned out to be. So the combination of (a) upgrading to kernel 3.12 (which is still old, but not as old as 3.10) and (b) turning off special graphical effects that I could live without anyway seems to have worked. It did, however, cause my USB to behave weirdly --- the mic wasn't recognized and the printer was on bootup but not if I unplugged and then replugged --- so I had to recompile enabling config option CONFIG_OHCI_HCD_PCI --- but then it worked. I'm not particularly inclined to experiment with whether it was (a) or (b) that fixed the problem, b/c I don't enjoy creating X server crashes --- but in case I'm feeling scientific (or for future reference) is there a way to check GPU temp? I put the machine together myself, so it's entirely possible I did a lousy job with the heatsink. Thanks, Andrew Warshall -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
