Ubuntu 14.04 Freezes completely - Power Button Reset

[Miguel de Freitas Fonseca]

 I dont't really know if it is a xorg problem, because my knowledges about tecnical details is short!

 I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 Gnome Beta2 64 Bits fresh install.

 This freezes start it out with Ubuntu 11.04!

 It got worst! I have beeing using Elementary and Manjaro.

 But I prefer Ubuntu!

 I don't know if you care about a single user or not, but I do hope so!

 The freezes in the last 2 to 3 days are very weird!

 Today it force me to use the Power Button do restart 4 (that's four!) times!

 For now, I have being using it non stop for 4 hours.

 But it was the same thing since friday! Before friday, it wasn't so bad, but it still hapended.

 I doesn't need to many things open! One of the times that frooze today, I only had Firefox open!

 I done a mem test, and it showed everything OK!

 I have a Desktop HP dual-core 2,8 GHZ, with 2 GB RAM and a ATI/AMD X1600 with 512 MB using the open source driver.

 I have seen MANY users complaining about the same problems, either with Nvidia, AMD/ATI or even Intel Graphica cards, so it can't be a driver issue for all those users!

 Please solve this, or I will have to leave Ubuntu for good!

 And I don't want to!

 Thanks...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
Uname: Linux 3.14.1-031401-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon Apr 14 22:11:01 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV516 [Radeon X1600/X1650 Series] [1002:7181] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:0400]
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:0401]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-04 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140403.1)
MachineType: HP Pavilion 061 RJ770AA-AB9 m7660.pt
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt:pt_BR
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.14.1-031401-generic root=UUID=eda039e6-958f-4dac-837a-257149aa91e1 ro quiet splash zswap.enabled=1 vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/08/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 3.19
dmi.board.name: LEUCITE3
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 2.00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.version: 1111
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr3.19:bd12/08/2006:svnHPPavilion061:pnRJ770AA-AB9m7660.pt:pvr0nx0114RE101LEUC300:rvnASUSTekComputerINC.:rnLEUCITE3:rvr2.00:cvn:ct3:cvr1111:
dmi.product.name: RJ770AA-AB9 m7660.pt
dmi.product.version: 0nx0114RE101LEUC300
dmi.sys.vendor: HP Pavilion 061
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Mon Apr 14 21:15:27 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input BTC USB Multimedia Cordless Kit KEYBOARD, id 8
 input BTC USB Multimedia Cordless Kit KEYBOARD, id 9
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu1
xserver.video_driver: radeon

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

hangs are driver specific

[Miguel de Freitas Fonseca (miguelfonseca72-gmail)]

Ok Timo, could you please elaborate?

What exactly does that mean?

I have installed the PF-Kernel, based on the 3.14 Mainline Ubuntu Kernel, and I've never had a freeze again!
Except for some troubles with Flash in Firefox, that made me force close the browser, the freezes never happended again!

So, what does your unique, and very short sentence means?

Is there a better specific answer to my problem that you can provide?

Do you need more data?

What should I do to solve the problem, when using tha mainline 3.14.1 Ubuntu Kernel?

Waiting for a more compreensive and decisive replay.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Michele Roviello (micheleroviello)]

Same problem with Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Lubuntu 14.04

[pok1yoyo (pok1yoyo)]

Sorry, my comment dissappeared.
I also have (this?) problem with GNOME3 and Ubuntu 14.04
I have Radeon HD5450 and open source radeon driver. It freezes occasionaly (every 30 min or so). I have to wait for half a minute or so and then system becomes responsive again. I tried using proprietary driver and it works - no freezing (altough it is worse than open driver, in many ways :) ).

I can upload any needed log.
Regards

[Buzov Denis Nikolaevich (dbuzov)]

Same problem too. ATI video.

[Graeme Hunt (graemehunt49)]

Hi,

I have this same problem, can anyone help please?

Im running an ATI Radeon Cedar HD5450 graphics card and using the open source driver, I've tried a fresh install of Unity.

The freeze mainly happens when I'm using Video, so I figured it would probably be something to do with the Graphics card.

If I need to post logs or any other info, just let me know and thanks in advance.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Miguel de Freitas Fonseca, both 11.04 and 14.04 beta 2 are no longer supported. If this is reproducible in a supported release, please file a new report.