[Radeon 9250, RV 280] Without any warning the system crashes
Without any warning the system crashes. On about 10 hours of operation you will have on average a fall. I might be mistaken, but I think X server could be the cause. Seems to happen when you use an application (browser, wordprocessor), rather than in stand-by. Most of the time you are back to login, although it may happen that the system becomes unable to restart X. Rebooting makes everything back to normal.
I used Hardy for several months and it was really stable. Later I updated to Intrepid and the problem presented itself quite soon. I reinstalled Intrepid but have not solved anything.
I noticed that sometimes after reboot the icons, placed on the destop, are moved into the top half of the screen. The background and the panels are positioned and working properly but it is impossible to reposition the icons back to the bottom part. Also, a new window, if opened, will refuse to enlarge to the bottom part of the screen. After a reboot everything returns to work.
This computer is quite old, has a PIII at 600Mhz and a Ati Radeon 9250 (RV280). There are no proprietary drivers installed. The xorg.conf file does not contain specific configurations by default in Intrepid. Even if I set it manually the problem remains. I think it could be the new version of Xorg or Radeon driver.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions even if I see it hard on Intrepid. Best hope for Jaunty or return to good old Hardy?
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