Serious Sam 3 freezing and Xid errors

[mAnca]

Very often the game freezes completely for about 10 seconds. This only happens in-game and not in the menu. Freezing is more frequent in certain places. So far, it's been worse in the tunnels in "The Silent Riddler". There, it freezes about every 5 seconds, and is completely unplayable. During the freeze, the music stops, but the background noise (e.g. wind) keeps playing.

Sometimes, after if freezes the graphics will be more or less messed up (invisible monsters, broken triangles extending into infinity). In the kernel log, I *sometimes* get an Xid error when the freeze happens (at least it seems so):

NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 8, Channel 00000005

I should note that SS3 so far has been the only game freezing like that and producing these Xid errors. Team Fortress 2 works perfectly, and so do some non-Steam games (Warzone 2100, 0 A.D., Quake 3).

Suspecting hardware problems and overheating, I've done some stress tests but have seen no problems. In particular, I've been running gpu_burn (http://wili.cc/blog/gpu-burn.html) which does a GPU stress test using CUDA, for 1 hour, and I've also tried fully loaded the CPU while gpu_burn is running. During this test, the GPU temperature reaches 81C, which is far greater than when playing Serious Sam 3 (65C).

This is output from the Steam and the game; it doesn't print out anything when freezing occurs:

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
[1209/125638:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(239)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
[1209/125639:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(646)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
PulseAudio connect failed (used only for Mic Volume Control) with error: Access denied
Generating new string page texture 2: 48x256, total string texture memory is 49.15 KB
Generating new string page texture 3: 256x256, total string texture memory is 311.30 KB
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Process 1144 created /ValveIPCSharedObjects3
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
CUser::ScheduledSyncCloud() - conflict detected, accepting remote files
Adding license for package 5
Adding license for package 11798
Adding license for package 0
Adding license for package 16549
Adding license for package 12361
CUser::OnRemoteStorageConflictResolution() - result OK
ExecCommandLine: "/home/ambro/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam"
roaming config store loaded successfully - 1124 bytes.
migrating temporary roaming config store
Generating new string page texture 76: 128x256, total string texture memory is 442.37 KB
Generating new string page texture 77: 128x256, total string texture memory is 131.07 KB
Generating new string page texture 78: 64x256, total string texture memory is 507.90 KB
Generating new string page texture 79: 32x256, total string texture memory is 540.67 KB
Generating new string page texture 86: 8x256, total string texture memory is 548.86 KB
System startup time: 13.37 seconds
ExecSteamURL: "steam://open/driverhelperready"
Generating new string page texture 94: 24x256, total string texture memory is 573.44 KB
Generating new string page texture 95: 256x256, total string texture memory is 393.22 KB
Generating new string page texture 102: 384x256, total string texture memory is 966.66 KB
Generating new string page texture 103: 128x256, total string texture memory is 1.10 MB
saving roaming config store to 'sharedconfig.vdf'
roaming config store 2 saved successfully
Generating new string page texture 114: 256x256, total string texture memory is 1.36 MB
Generating new string page texture 115: 128x256, total string texture memory is 1.49 MB
Generating new string page texture 116: 48x256, total string texture memory is 1.54 MB
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Generating new string page texture 144: 512x256, total string texture memory is 2.06 MB
Generating new string page texture 145: 1024x256, total string texture memory is 3.11 MB
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1354925460_client)
Generating new string page texture 149: 256x256, total string texture memory is 3.38 MB
saving roaming config store to 'sharedconfig.vdf'
roaming config store 2 saved successfully
sh: lsb_release: command not found
sh: lspci: command not found
Generating new string page texture 152: 16x256, total string texture memory is 3.39 MB
Generating new string page texture 153: 128x256, total string texture memory is 3.52 MB
Generating new string page texture 154: 384x256, total string texture memory is 3.92 MB
Generating new string page texture 155: 256x256, total string texture memory is 4.18 MB
Generating new string page texture 135: 128x256, total string texture memory is 4.31 MB
Generating new string page texture 157: 64x256, total string texture memory is 4.37 MB
Generating new string page texture 159: 48x256, total string texture memory is 4.42 MB
Generating new string page texture 161: 256x256, total string texture memory is 4.69 MB
Game update: AppID 41070 "Serious Sam 3: BFE", ProcID 1504, IP 0.0.0.0:0
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
saving roaming config store to 'sharedconfig.vdf'
roaming config store 2 saved successfully
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
cat: /etc/debian_version: No such file or directory
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
WRN: CPU Power saving is enabled and performance governor is not used.
INF: GameEnv API: Steam
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 41070
Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: 76561197969529271 [API loaded no]
INF: Encoded user ID = 3a1e2ab0:1b6820d0
INF:
INF: * Desktop settings...
INF: Color depth: 32-bit
INF: Desktop resolution: 1920 x 1200
INF: Fullscreen on primary display
WRN: Failed to capture mouse
INF:
INF: Gfx API: OpenGL
INF: Resolution: 1920 x 1200
INF: Vendor: nVidia (0x10DE)
INF: Driver: NVIDIA Corporation (0x1200)
INF: Renderer: GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
INF: Version: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19
INF: Video memory size: 1024 MB
INF: Available for textures: 1024 MB
INF: Active GPU(s): 1
AL lib: pulseaudio.c:612: Context did not connect: Access denied
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
AL lib: pulseaudio.c:612: Context did not connect: Access denied
INF:
INF: Sfx API: OpenAL
INF: Device: ALSA Default
INF: Mixer frequency: 44100 Hz
INF: Mixer voices: 64
INF: Max sound sources: 30
INF: Max total volume: 3
INF: Speaker config: (unknown)
INF: Environment FX: not supported
INF:
AL lib: pulseaudio.c:612: Context did not connect: Access denied
INF: AutoDetect: Hardware values unchanged, nothing to do.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(20121207153333_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(1.0_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(1.0_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(1.0_client)
[1209/132541:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(239)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
[1209/132541:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(646)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
INF: Started simulation on 'Content/SeriousSam3/Levels/Menu/Intro.wld' in 0.53 seconds.
INF: Started simulation on 'Content/SeriousSam3/Levels/Menu/MenuLevel.wld' in 0.05 seconds.
WRN: inpSysIsMouseAccelerationEnabled: Not yet implemented
WRN: Failed to capture mouse
WRN: Failed to capture mouse

[mAnca]

X.org log, which indicates some problems:

[]
X.Org X Server 1.13.0
Release Date: 2012-09-05
[] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[] Build Operating System: Linux 3.5.5 x86_64 Gentoo
[] Current Operating System: Linux zlatko 3.6.6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 15 14:02:55 CET 2012 x86_64
[] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz ai_net=eth0:10.66.33.2:255.255.255.0: ai_nbd=10.66.33.1:8000 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/80194b29-da7f-4851-8af2-04325c9b12c4 init=/usr/bin/systemd
[] Build Date: 12 November 2012 12:49:03AM
[]
[] Current version of pixman: 0.28.0
[] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Dec 9 12:43:05 2012
[] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[] (**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
[] (==) Automatically adding devices
[] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/misc/".
[] Entry deleted from font path.
[] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/misc/").
[] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
[] Entry deleted from font path.
[] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[] Entry deleted from font path.
[] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[] Entry deleted from font path.
[] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[] Entry deleted from font path.
[] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/
[] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[] (II) Loader magic: 0x5f9f40
[] (II) Module ABI versions:
[] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[] X.Org Video Driver: 13.0
[] X.Org XInput driver : 18.0
[] X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:1200:1458:3515 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf8000000/33554432, 0xe8000000/134217728, 0xf0000000/67108864, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 310.19 Thu Nov 8 01:12:43 PST 2012
[] Loading extension GLX
[] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 310.19 Thu Nov 8 00:53:33 PST 2012
[] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[] (++) using VT number 7

[] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[] compiled for 1.13.0, module version = 1.0.0
[] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo"
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "DFP: NULL, CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 560 Ti (GF114) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1048576 kBytes
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.24.21.00.02
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GeForce GTX 560 Ti at PCI:1:0:0
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (connected)
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal Single Link TMDS
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1): 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1): Internal Single Link TMDS
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: Internal Single Link TMDS
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "DFP:NULL,CRT:nvidia-auto-select+0+0";
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): removing.
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default mode
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select".
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): "DFP-1:nvidia-auto-select"
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1200
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (93, 95); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
[] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[] (II) NVIDIA: access.
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP-1:nvidia-auto-select"
[] Loading extension NV-GLX
[] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
[] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[] Loading extension NV-CONTROL
[] Loading extension XINERAMA
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" is not used
[] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia
[] (--) RandR disabled
[] (II) Initializing extension GLX

[mAnca]

[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[] compiled for 1.13.0, module version = 2.7.3
[] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 18.0
[] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1/event1"
[] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0/event0"
[] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event12)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event13)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event14)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event15)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard (/dev/input/event9)
[] (**) BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (**) BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard'
[] (**) BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: always reports core events
[] (**) evdev: BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event9"
[] (--) evdev: BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc313
[] (--) evdev: BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Found keys
[] (II) evdev: BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4.1/1-1.4.1:1.0/input/input9/event9"
[] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard (/dev/input/event10)
[] (**) BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (**) BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard'
[] (**) BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: always reports core events
[] (**) evdev: BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
[] (--) evdev: BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc313
[] (--) evdev: BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Found keys
[] (II) evdev: BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4.1/1-1.4.1:1.1/input/input10/event10"
[] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device DELL Laser Mouse (/dev/input/event11)
[] (**) DELL Laser Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[] (**) DELL Laser Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'DELL Laser Mouse'
[] (**) DELL Laser Mouse: always reports core events
[] (**) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event11"
[] (--) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: Vendor 0x461 Product 0x4d51
[] (--) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: Found 9 mouse buttons
[] (--) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[] (--) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: Found relative axes
[] (--) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[] (II) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[] (II) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[] (**) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[] (**) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4.4/1-1.4.4:1.0/input/input11/event11"
[] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "DELL Laser Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 10)
[] (II) evdev: DELL Laser Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[] (**) DELL Laser Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[] (**) DELL Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[] (**) DELL Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[] (**) DELL Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device DELL Laser Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Line (/dev/input/event4)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Front Mic (/dev/input/event5)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic (/dev/input/event6)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone (/dev/input/event7)

[mAnca]

[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Line Out (/dev/input/event8)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Eee PC WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event3)
[] (**) Eee PC WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (**) Eee PC WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Eee PC WMI hotkeys'
[] (**) Eee PC WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[] (**) evdev: Eee PC WMI hotkeys: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[] (--) evdev: Eee PC WMI hotkeys: Vendor 0 Product 0
[] (--) evdev: Eee PC WMI hotkeys: Found keys
[] (II) evdev: Eee PC WMI hotkeys: Configuring as keyboard
[] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/eeepc-wmi/input/input3/event3"
[] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Eee PC WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event2)
[] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] [mi] Increasing EQ size to 512 to prevent dropped events.
(EE) [mi] EQ overflowing. Additional events will be discarded until existing events are processed.
(EE)
(EE) Backtrace:
(EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x36) [0x586256]
(EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (mieqEnqueue+0x26b) [0x5677bb]
(EE) 2: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x49a82) [0x449a82]
(EE) 3: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0x7f80a43b0000+0x6008) [0x7f80a43b6008]
(EE) 4: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x72977) [0x472977]
(EE) 5: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x9bdc8) [0x49bdc8]
(EE) 6: /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f80a998c000+0x10410) [0x7f80a999c410]
(EE) 7: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f80a4a09000+0xf11bf) [0x7f80a4afa1bf]
(EE) 8: /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x7f80aa590000+0x103bf) [0x7f80aa5a03bf]
(EE) 9: /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x7f80aa590000+0x16a0e) [0x7f80aa5a6a0e]
(EE) 10: /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x7f80aa590000+0x1e048) [0x7f80aa5ae048]
(EE) 11: /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x7f80aa590000+0x4f072) [0x7f80aa5df072]
(EE) 12: /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0 (pixman_image_composite32+0x459) [0x7f80aa59af89]
(EE) 13: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so (wfbComposite+0x1d8) [0x7f80a49fbc38]
(EE) 14: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f80a4a09000+0x536e87) [0x7f80a4f3fe87]
(EE) 15: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x10f989) [0x50f989]
(EE) 16: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x108864) [0x508864]
(EE) 17: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x353d1) [0x4353d1]
(EE) 18: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2410a) [0x42410a]
(EE) 19: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f80a8cfb4bd]
(EE) 20: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x23c69) [0x423c69]
(EE)
(EE) [mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to a culprit higher up the stack.
(EE) [mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause. It is a victim.
[] [mi] Increasing EQ size to 1024 to prevent dropped events.
[] [mi] EQ processing has resumed after 97 dropped events.
[] [mi] This may be caused my a misbehaving driver monopolizing the server's resources.
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 8, 0x8000, 0x0000212c, 0x00002bc8)
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (0, 8, 0x8000, 0x00002bc8, 0x00002bc8)
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (0, 8, 0x8000, 0x0000e184, 0x0000e184)
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 8, 0x8000, 0x0000e19c, 0x0000e274)
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (0, 8, 0x0000, 0x0000e274, 0x0000e274)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 8, 0x8000, 0x00003be4, 0x00004680)
[] (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (1, 8, 0x8000, 0x00003be4, 0x00004680)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1)) does not support NVIDIA
[] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies
[] (**) NVIDIA(0): has been enabled on all display devices.)

[mAnca]

And finally the System Information from Steam:

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 3300 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Linux (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.6.6
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11300000

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1200
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Video Cards Not Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Primary Display Size: 20.39" x 12.76" (24.02" diag)
51.8cm x 32.4cm (61.0cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1023 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: VIA VT1708S

Memory:
RAM: 3940 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: none
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 386373 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 101670 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

[AlenL]

Problems with overheating would not be the first. We often see that SS3 (and our previous games) can crash or lockup the GPU or CPU when overburn tools cannot. Guess we are just very performance-hungry. :)

There are several ways to test that theory:
- Run at lower settings.
- Use VSync and/or gfx_iMaxFPSActive to limit the framerate (beware, in case you are using that, you should make sure that powersaving is disabled, otherwise the governor can decide to downclock the CPU causing even worse issues.
- Open the case and blow a domestic desktop fan into the motherboard/GPU.

[Rotech]

Can you try adding the following options to your Xorg config under the Screen section

Option         "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x3322; PowerMizerDefaultAC=0x1"
Option         "UseEvents"  "false"

[mAnca]

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried all of them, here are the results:

- Reducing the performance settings from (CPU,GPU,Memory)=(Ultra,High,High) to (Medium,Medium,Medium) *does* seem to completely fix it.
- Limiting the frame rate using gfx_iMaxFPSActive (to 40 or even 20fps) does not fix it or even make it less frequent. Without limit, in the most affected place (tunnels in Silent Riddler) the FPS is around 80. I did disable CPU powersaving (cpufreq-set -r -g performance).
- The desktop fan doesn't help, even after it's been blowing for 15 minutes.
- The Xorg options don't help (I put them in Device section not Screen, figured that's where they need to go. I've verified in the Xorg log they were indeed picked up by the driver).

[mAnca]

Further, it is sufficient to only set GPU Speed to Medium to fix the freezing; the CPU/Memory can remain on Ultra/High.

[AlenL]

Seems some specific feature in the driver or hardware is broken, and that feature is only enabled on high settings. You may want to try manually changing each setting to see which one it is. You can get the list by diffing these two files:

Content/SeriousSam3/Config/GPU-QL3.cfg
Content/SeriousSam3/Config/GPU-QL4.cfg

Most probable are those variables that are toggles or choices (i.e., where settings are 0/1/2/3, etc). Those that adjust some floating point numbers or texture/buffer sizes are less likely to be of issue here, but I wouldn't completely discount those.

[The Lutris Console]

Since yesterday's update, I've encountered this problem a lot (with all symptoms, the freezes, the artefacts, the Xid errors) on Ubuntu 13.04 (x86), to the point where it's unplayable (after 1 minute or less). I doubt that this is due to pushing the machine too hard, it also happens when I switch all performance settings to Lowest.

On Ubuntu 12.10 (x64), I used to encounter this bug once in a while but the game have been running pretty much flawlessly since the couple last updates.

Both Ubuntus are on the same machine, using the same game files, on Ubuntu 13.04, I've also tried the 313 Nvida driver and running the game in OpenBox.

I'd also like to point out that I tried running the latest version of Unigine benchmark and it hung with pretty much the same symptoms (image freeze but sound continues in the background) so this may not be related to Serious Sam 3 (the fact that SS3 runs very well on 12.10 seems to confirm this). I also doubt it's related to demanding to much to the GPU because I've been playing a lot of RAGE on 13.04 (using Wine) without a single crash.

Even if it's probably not related to Serious Sam, there is still a severe bug keeping the game from being played on the soon to be released Ubuntu version. If I can provide more info to help fixing this, please ask.


Edit : Screenshot of artefacts are visible in my screenshot gallery (game running in lowest quality)
http://steamcommunity.com/id/strycore/screenshots/

UPDATE: Turns out my power supply wasn't delivering enough power for my GPU. I unplugged some hard drives and I didn't experience any freezes since then.