Dear arch users and developers, I have posted this issue also in the archlinux forum [1]. I didn't get much feedback there. So I'm hoping some people here might have an idea of how to resolve the problem. Problem: gnome shell freezes from time to time (actually daily). Freezing: "Freezing" means, the screen becomes unresponsive but everything seems to continue working (sound and videos continue playing; even the mouse pointer can still be moved). Most of the time I'm able to switch to a virtual console although sometimes it takes 10-20 seconds after CTRL+ALT+F1 to show up. Then, however, everything is running smoothly. It's not possible to restart X since it will freeze again at the gdm login screen, or even without using gdm when loading the desktop. What triggers the problem: Usually it happens while scrolling on websites or pdfs. I feel like it happens more often if there are large images. Hardware: IBM T60 ATI X1400 I think it's an issue with the open source radeon drivers. However, this problem doesn't occur using other desktop environments. I tried to look into some log files but I couldn't find noticeable error messages. Looking forward to your suggestions, Max [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129481