<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - amdgpu [RX Vega 64] system freeze while gaming" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109955#c51">Comment # 51</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - amdgpu [RX Vega 64] system freeze while gaming" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109955">bug 109955</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:shadow.archemage@gmail.com" title="shadow.archemage@gmail.com">shadow.archemage@gmail.com</a> <pre>(In reply to Wilko Bartels from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=109955#c49">comment #49</a>) > (In reply to Sam from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=109955#c47">comment #47</a>) > > The relevant issue and bug report here (the system freezing completely or if > > lucky just killing the X session, NOT games crashing) seems to be related > > exclusively to AMDGPU, and not to mesa. Whereas I got the same issues over > > and over after trying out several versions of mesa, switching to older > > versions of the kernel "fixes" it for me (the latest version I tried out > > which didn't have these issues is Kernel 4.20.13, in my case from > > <a href="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tiwai:/kernel:/4.20/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tiwai:/kernel:/4.20/</a> > > standard/x86_64/) > > > > There is also a report from another user which temporarily fixed it by > > forcing the gpu to run at the maximum power setting > > (<a href="https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136293">https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136293</a>): > > > > # echo manual > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_dpm_force_performance_level > > # echo 7 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_dpm_sclk > > > > and then to reset back to normal: > > > > # echo auto > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_dpm_force_performance_level > > I am currently on my 4th game of dota in a row when setting performance > level manual to 7. working so far. Everyone should test this now so we have > more reliable data. As we all now the issue can be gone for several hours so > my experience means nothing yet. > Would be amazing if we can pin down the issue to the performance level of > the cards. Played Monster Hunter and Dota 2 for quite a long time, and I didn't experience any system freezes with the max performance settings. Will test again tomorrow to see if the workaround is consistent enough.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>