X.org Keeps Dying Out Of The Blue

[Kelly Miller]

Jim Cornette wrote:
> The /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old shows the information from the previous 
> GUI launch. It might show the failure. Which logs are you checking? 
> What Graphics Processor are you using?
> Usually screensavers show random crashes. Are you running any 3D 
> programs or running random screensavers?
>
> JIm
I'm checking messages, Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old.  There are no 
error messages in any of them (unless this counts: BOGUS LENGTH in write 
keyboard desc, expected 5352, got 5356 , but the system keeps running, 
so I don't think that's it).  My card is a Radeon 9200SE+, IIRC it's 
r280 (X.org loads the driver for the r200 line to provide 3D 
acceleration), and no, it never happens when I'm running screensavers or 
3D programs, only when I'm working with GUI-based programs (it happened 
once with Smart, once with Firefox, and once with Gnome Mines, and there 
are more that I can't remember).