On 2015-02-05 05:08, Joseph Areeda wrote:
> On 01/29/2015 08:41 AM, Phil Wyett wrote:
>> On Thu, 2015-01-29 at 08:30 -0800, Joseph Areeda wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I've been getting random crashes of X on my development workstation with
>>> messages like:
>>>
>>> on console: cpu #X stuck in [X:...]
>>> .xsession-errors contain things like: "gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11
>>> (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0."
>>> /var/log/messages has "NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00.0 has fallen off the bus."
>>>
>>> Most things I've been able to find suggest a driver vs. kernel problem
>>> so I updated to the latest driver from NVidia (346.35) with no luck.
>>>
>>> Have others seen this?  Any hints?  Could it be the NVidia card failing?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Joe
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have seen this once before with a persons system. The issue in that
>> case was a bad physical connection. Removing the card, cleaning the
>> connections and reseating the card corrected the issue.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Phil
>>
> This took a while because I had to finish a project and couldn't afford random
> reboots, but I took Phil's advice and used the professional connector cleaner
> AKA pencil eraser on the connectors, reseated the card.  I have now gone 4 days
> without an incident whereas I was forced to reboot 3 or 4 times per day.
>
> Thanks Phil!
>
> Joe

Just a note about pink erasers - don't. They contain a lot of sulfur. That 
corrodes contacts rather rapidly. So the fix may be lamentably temporary and a 
re-fix may be impossible after the second or third time.

{o.o}   Joanne