Radeon GPU lockups (*ERROR* radeon: fence wait timed out)

[ebikerider2000]

I've got exactly the same issue, but I'm running Ubuntu 20.04

Kernel: 5.15.0-41
RV730 XT [Radeon HD 4670]

```
4157.167169] [drm:uvd_v1_0_ib_test [radeon]] *ERROR* radeon: fence wait timed out.
[ 4157.167254] [drm:radeon_ib_ring_tests [radeon]] *ERROR* radeon: failed testing IB on ring 5 (-110).

```

```
[ 3878.513996] radeon 0000:01:00.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 10504msec
[ 3878.514008] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000002ec33 last fence id 0x000000000002ec36 on ring 0)
[ 3879.025977] radeon 0000:01:00.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 11016msec
[ 3879.025988] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000002ec33 last fence id 0x000000000002ec36 on ring 0)
[ 3879.537983] radeon 0000:01:00.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 11528msec
[ 3879.537995] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000002ec33 last fence id 0x000000000002ec36 on ring 0)
[ 3880.049969] radeon 0000:01:00.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 12040msec
```

[SMG]

I've got exactly the same issue, but I'm running Ubuntu 20.04

Welcome to the Linux Mint forum, ebikerider2000.

You're running a different kernel and using a different GPU than the person in the other topic. I suggest checking xorg > driver > xf86-video-ati > Issues to see if others with your hardware or the error you are seeing are listed.

[t55am]

I have same with Radeon R7 250 on Fedora 36. Tested it with kernels starting from 5.14 up to 6.0.10. Created bug about it in Freedesktop: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/2252
Please add there your comment when this is the only right place to do so. The more comments with confirmations of the problem the better chance to get the fix.

Thanks!

[Hoser Rob]

It may not be the exact same model the OP has in the thread he linked but it's close enough, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver

However, linking a thread in a forum for a different distro that's not only unsolved but unanswered smackes of desperation to me. That Ubuntu page is old (the newest release mentioned is 16.04). I don't think an AMD card that old works so well in the kernels you get in most Linux distros anymore, and there's no other driver than the radeon one in the kernel. Nvidia cards that ar eold enough to be moved to legacy (no proprietary driver suppoer anymore) often have similar issues.

Myself I'd try Antix, which unlike MInt/Ubuntu is made for old boxes and has a decent support forum. Get the base iso which includes a 4.9 kernel and run that.