F18 freeze

[Ed Greshko]

On 02/27/13 00:39, Michael Eager wrote:
> I'm having periodic freezes of F18.  The freezes happen when
> I click on a link.  Usually this is in a Thunderbird window,
> but I've seen one freeze when clicking on a desktop icon.  The
> system will work for a day or several days between freezes.
>
> When it freezes, the screen is frozen, mouse is unresponsive,
> and any sound which was playing repeats.  I can ping the system,
> but SSH does not respond.  The system logs show nothing.
>
> I recently upgraded the system from F15 using Nvidia drivers to
> F18 with nouveau driver.  Power management is turned off.
>
> I've searched online and find some suggestion that there is
> a problem with X and the nouveau driver.   Other suggestions
> about overheating or other hardware problems are unlikely.
>
> Any suggestions?
>

No particular suggestion.  However, I did have a similar problem.  This was on F17 and I would get a "freeze" condition.  The mouse would not be responsive and I could not ssh into the system.  Also, if I were viewing a video or something like NFL Network the sound would continue or get into a loop.

For me it turned out to be the fan dying on my video card.  It seems you've ruled that out but I just wanted to mention that it matched my experience.

Now, I know this is heretic, have you considered using the nVidia drivers?  (FWIW, I *must* use the nVidia drivers since nouveau fails with my hardware.
 

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