Hello All,
A quick update regarding my stability testing progress.
Short Summary: Of all tests tried so far, switching display servers yielded the most change. It turns out that I was booting into X11 and not Wayland. After switching to Wayland, my system remained stable for 24 hours (longest yet). When booting into IceWM, the system froze again after 13h (upper limit of time before crashes so far).
Detailed Summary
Firstly, to respond to @mrmazda’s missed request for system information using inxi -Faz.
Note: I have booted into Wayland and not X11 at the point of this output.
System:
Kernel: 6.1.3-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.3-1-default
root=UUID=a2985ff3-8f15-48d0-b76a-020afc4957d3 splash=silent quiet
security=apparmor mitigations=auto
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230110
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: 970A-DS3P v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: FD date: 02/26/2016
CPU:
Info: model: AMD FX-8350 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver level: v2
built: 2012-13 process: GF 32nm family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 2 stepping: 0
microcode: 0x6000852
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
desc: d-8x16 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 4x2 MiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1403 high: 1406 min/max: 1400/4000 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1406 2: 1400
3: 1406 4: 1406 5: 1406 6: 1400 7: 1405 8: 1400 bogomips: 64300
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850 / R7 265 R9 270 1024SP]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu
arch: GCN-1 code: Southern Islands process: TSMC 28nm built: 2011-20 pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
active: DVI-I-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:6819 class-ID: 0300 temp: 30.0 C
Device-2: Huawei UVC Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 5-3:4 chip-ID: 12d1:4321 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.7
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
dri: radeonsi gpu: radeon display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.2 renderer: PITCAIRN ( LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 2.50
6.1.3-1-default) direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
bus-ID: 5-3:4 v: kernel chip-ID: 12d1:4321 bus-ID: 00:14.2 class-ID: 0102
chip-ID: 1002:4383 serial: <filter> class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000
Series] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aab0 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Huawei UVC Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.3-1-default running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.63 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: rtl8192ce v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: c000
bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8178 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb
v: 0.8 bus-ID: 7-1:2 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.79 TiB used: 701.84 GiB (11.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 Series
size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 8B0Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA200
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: ABB0 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G
size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: T1A3 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD20EZBX-00AYRA0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD My Passport 0820 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1012 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 223.07 GiB size: 223.07 GiB (100.00%)
used: 20.12 GiB (9.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 5.1 MiB (1.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 681.72 GiB (36.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49
ID-4: /opt raw-size: 223.07 GiB size: 223.07 GiB (100.00%)
used: 20.12 GiB (9.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34
ID-5: /var raw-size: 223.07 GiB size: 223.07 GiB (100.00%)
used: 20.12 GiB (9.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: 27.0 C gpu: radeon temp: 30.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 675 fan-1: 2327 fan-3: 1169 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 0
Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: N/A vbat: 3.10
Info:
Processes: 314 Uptime: 0h 35m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.58 GiB
used: 4.23 GiB (27.1%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 alt: 12 Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A
note: see --rpm tools: yast,zypper pm: flatpak pkgs: 9 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.23Now for an update from my action plan.
- [COMPLETED - system crashed] Monitor temperatures until the next system freeze
Time before system crash: 11 hours
System performance at crash:
- Max CPU temp: 24.0°C
- Max GPU temp: 24.0°C
- Max WiFi adapter temp: 26.0°C
- [COMPLETED - system crashed] Switch display drivers from radeon to modesetting, or vice versa
Time before system crash: 9.5 hours
Notes
- The following relevant packages were already installed
xorg-x11-driver-video
xf86-video-fbdev
xf86-video-mach64
xf86-video-r128
xf86-video-vesa
- xf86-video-mach64 and xf86-video-r128 were uninstalled and dmesg | grep drm gave the following output:
[ 0.388280] ACPI: bus type drm_connector registered
[ 0.390599] [drm] Initialized simpledrm 1.0.0 20200625 for simple-framebuffer.0 on minor 0
[ 0.397026] simple-framebuffer simple-framebuffer.0: [drm] fb0: simpledrmdrmfb frame buffer device
[ 2.358760] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 2.420922] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (PITCAIRN 0x1002:0x6819 0x1462:0x2730 0x00).
[ 2.421056] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=2048M, BAR=256M
[ 2.421057] [drm] RAM width 256bits DDR
[ 2.421074] [drm] radeon: 2048M of VRAM memory ready
[ 2.421076] [drm] radeon: 2048M of GTT memory ready.
[ 2.421082] [drm] Loading pitcairn Microcode
[ 2.425093] [drm] Internal thermal controller with fan control
[ 2.433455] [drm] radeon: dpm initialized
[ 2.446963] [drm] Found VCE firmware/feedback version 50.0.1 / 17!
[ 2.446969] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 524288, num gpu pages 524288
[ 2.448428] [drm] PCIE gen 2 link speeds already enabled
[ 2.457201] [drm] PCIE GART of 2048M enabled (table at 0x00000000001D6000).
[ 2.478521] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[ 2.667684] [drm] ring test on 0 succeeded in 4 usecs
[ 2.667689] [drm] ring test on 1 succeeded in 1 usecs
[ 2.667693] [drm] ring test on 2 succeeded in 1 usecs
[ 2.667703] [drm] ring test on 3 succeeded in 6 usecs
[ 2.667716] [drm] ring test on 4 succeeded in 6 usecs
[ 2.843614] [drm] ring test on 5 succeeded in 2 usecs
[ 2.843621] [drm] UVD initialized successfully.
[ 2.952867] [drm] ring test on 6 succeeded in 21 usecs
[ 2.952882] [drm] ring test on 7 succeeded in 4 usecs
[ 2.952883] [drm] VCE initialized successfully.
[ 2.953025] [drm] ib test on ring 0 succeeded in 0 usecs
[ 2.953106] [drm] ib test on ring 1 succeeded in 0 usecs
[ 2.953156] [drm] ib test on ring 2 succeeded in 0 usecs
[ 2.953205] [drm] ib test on ring 3 succeeded in 0 usecs
[ 2.953254] [drm] ib test on ring 4 succeeded in 0 usecs
[ 3.612150] [drm] ib test on ring 5 succeeded
[ 4.124128] [drm] ib test on ring 6 succeeded
[ 4.636126] [drm] ib test on ring 7 succeeded
[ 4.636660] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[ 4.636660] [drm] Connector 0:
[ 4.636661] [drm] DP-1
[ 4.636662] [drm] HPD4
[ 4.636663] [drm] DDC: 0x6530 0x6530 0x6534 0x6534 0x6538 0x6538 0x653c 0x653c
[ 4.636665] [drm] Encoders:
[ 4.636665] [drm] DFP1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
[ 4.636666] [drm] Connector 1:
[ 4.636667] [drm] DP-2
[ 4.636667] [drm] HPD5
[ 4.636668] [drm] DDC: 0x6540 0x6540 0x6544 0x6544 0x6548 0x6548 0x654c 0x654c
[ 4.636669] [drm] Encoders:
[ 4.636670] [drm] DFP2: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
[ 4.636671] [drm] Connector 2:
[ 4.636671] [drm] HDMI-A-1
[ 4.636672] [drm] HPD1
[ 4.636672] [drm] DDC: 0x6550 0x6550 0x6554 0x6554 0x6558 0x6558 0x655c 0x655c
[ 4.636674] [drm] Encoders:
[ 4.636674] [drm] DFP3: INTERNAL_UNIPHY1
[ 4.636675] [drm] Connector 3:
[ 4.636675] [drm] DVI-I-1
[ 4.636676] [drm] HPD6
[ 4.636676] [drm] DDC: 0x6580 0x6580 0x6584 0x6584 0x6588 0x6588 0x658c 0x658c
[ 4.636678] [drm] Encoders:
[ 4.636678] [drm] DFP4: INTERNAL_UNIPHY
[ 4.636679] [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1
[ 4.731661] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC05E1000
[ 4.731664] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000
[ 4.731664] [drm] size 8294400
[ 4.731665] [drm] fb depth is 24
[ 4.731666] [drm] pitch is 7680
[ 4.731769] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 4.793282] radeon 0000:01:00.0: [drm] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[ 4.808165] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.50.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[ 7.283904] [drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 8.179264] systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module drm...
[ 8.190962] systemd[1]: modprobe@drm.service: Deactivated successfully.
[ 8.191100] systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Module drm.I assume that this indicates that modesetting was used successfully.
Output from sudo lspci -nnk | grep -A3 VGA:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850 / R7 265 / R9 270 1024SP] [1002:6819]
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:2730]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu
- [COMPLETED - system remained stable] Switch from Xorg to Wayland
Time before system crash: None. System remained stable for 24 hours
Notes
- I discovered that I was booting in X11 and not Wayland by default
- [SKIPPED - AP3 succeeded] Switch display drivers and use Wayland
- [SKIPPED - AP3 succeeded] Test RAM sticks
- [COMPLETED - system crashed] Boot into IceWM
Time before system crash: 14h
I will now proceed to run my system on Wayland continuously with the hopes that this issue is resolved. Even if the issue is not, I’d like to extend a personal thanks to everyone who offered help on this issue and provided support: I couldn’t have gotten this far without you 