Random Frequent Session Crashed

[Dave Cross]

On 13 May 2012 17:02, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930
<n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On 05/13/2012 04:55 PM, Dave Cross wrote:
>
> For about the last month I've been getting random frequent session
> crashes. They take one of three forms:
>
> * The PC reboots
> * The GNOME session freezes
> * The GNOME session dies and I'm presented with the GNOME login screen
>
> All of these results are, of course, really annoying.
>
> I can usually run for two or three hours without this happening, but
> sometimes it can happen every fifteen minutes or so.
>
> Whenever it happens, /var/log/messages contains this:
>
> May 13 16:45:24 xander gnome-session[3681]: Gdk-WARNING:
> gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on
> X server :0.#012
> May 13 16:45:24 xander systemd-logind[958]: Removed session 6.
>
> I'm running Fedora 16, 32 bit PAE, with the NVidia drivers from RPM Fusion.
>
> I'm sure that this isn't enough information to help me, but if you
> could tell me what other information would be useful, I'm happy to
> provide it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave...
>
> I was having a similar problem that turned out to be a memory stability
> problem that was fixed
> by changing a BIOS setting. Hopefully your motherboard manual will explain
> which memory
> settings can provide better memory stability.

Thanks for the suggestion. I had a look as the system rebooted last
night and it appears that my BIOS doesn't have any setting for memory
stability.

Cheers,

Dave...

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