Bug#462590: xserver-xorg: X-server sometimes stops with: mieqEnequeue: out-of-order valuator event; dropping.
reassign 462590 xserver-xorg-video-ati
found 462590 1:6.7.197-1
severity 462590 important
thank you
spiralnebelverdreher wrote:
> There is is similiar bug report from another user filed under number 462127. (xserver-xorg-nv)
>
> X sometimes freezes the screen. No keyboard input is accepted (even not Ctrl+Alt+Backspace or Ctrl+Alt+F2). Mouse ist still moving on the screen. Events
> like pressing the "lid button" or "power button" on the notebook are recorded in the logfiles, but don't have any effect. Fan speed goes up until
> maximum and gives the impression og high CPU load.
>
> Only a hard power-off is possible.
>
> Freezing may happen after only few minutes in X mode, or after 2 hours. Runlevel 3 is no problem at all.
>
It sounds like a GPU lockup. Did this appear after upgrading
xserver-xorg-video-ati to 6.7.197?
Does it help if you add
Option "BusType" "PCI"
to the section Device of xorg.conf?
Brice
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