On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Andrew Warshall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > You want to install lm-sensors and run the "sensors" command to check those
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