[SOLVED] Firefox, current and X locking?

garpu · 07-08-2019, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TheRealGrogan

It probably isn't a hardware fault on your video card itself (I'm guessing, hoping), though swapping it may change the behaviour if it's at all related.

Another thing to consider, is PCI Express link state power management (ASPM). You can try booting with that disabled.

To your kernel command line, try adding:

Code:

pcie_aspm=off

Hrm. Is that going to mess up how my video card gets power? It's one of those that doesn't need a PSU plug. (Geforce 1050ti)

TheRealGrogan · 07-08-2019, 11:14 PM

No, it's just going to mean that clever power management isn't going to reduce power to the PCI Express bus. I always run with that disabled, I don't like that idea on a non-laptop system.

That's actually something the BIOS does, but the kernel has a driver so it can be controlled by policy, or disabled.

garpu · 07-08-2019, 11:27 PM

Oh hang on: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196683

That sounds like what I'm experiencing...

Oof. Looks like I've got some stuff to read when I'm fresh.

TheRealGrogan · 07-08-2019, 11:59 PM

Definitely worth looking into, while it's a 2017 bug report, there are some fairly recent posts. Possibly something a BIOS update, or microcode firmware blob could fix.

I presume if you're on -current you're using the distro's current 4.19 longterm kernel, not some ancient one.

garpu · 07-09-2019, 07:06 AM

Yup, I'm on current. BIOS flashed this morning, and I'm using rcu_nocbs (set to the proper amount of cores). Marking this one solved, because it's not a firefox issue. Thanks for all the help, folks!

garpu · 07-09-2019, 10:27 PM

Fingers crossed that it's mitigated? We had a family dinner, and I let things idle. Screensaver did kick on, so I'm not sure if that's enough activity to make it not crash.