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From: Ngoc Nguyen Bao <baongoc124@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] X crashes, how to troubleshoot?
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:21:57
Message-Id: g2zadcb62271004091121m3205c773m83ce217acb18334d@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] X crashes, how to troubleshoot? by AJ Spagnoletti
1 On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:57 PM, AJ Spagnoletti <rubiks120@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > This is a late reply and you might have already solved the issue,
3 > however, I was running into this problem as well, and it was resolved
4 > for my by backing my X packages back down to stable as I was running a
5 > stable kernel. Another fix was to upgrade to an unstable X. I was
6 > informed that there have bee problems mixing unstable drivers and
7 > stable kernel. Hope this helps
8 >
9 > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.edu> wrote:
10 >> Recently X has spontaneously crashed on me several times. Each time it
11 >> is triggered by opening up a new webpage in a new tab in Firefox. The
12 >> URL of the webpages are random, so I don't think it has to do with any
13 >> particular site (and those url often open fine on subsequent visits).
14 >>
15 >> The message that I end up having from X is:
16 >>
17 >> Backtrace:
18 >> 0: X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80ab23b]
19 >> 1: X (0x8048000+0x5e1d5) [0x80a61d5]
20 >> 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb782240c]
21 >> 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0xb7299000+0x32cae)
22 >> [0xb72cbcae]
23 >> 4: X (0x8048000+0xc6550) [0x810e550]
24 >> 5: X (0x8048000+0x20745) [0x8068745]
25 >> 6: X (0x8048000+0x22df7) [0x806adf7]
26 >> 7: X (0x8048000+0x1d285) [0x8065285]
27 >> 8: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7397bb5]
28 >> 9: X (0x8048000+0x1ce51) [0x8064e51]
29 >> Bus error at address 0xb61f4000
30 >>
31 >> Fatal server error:
32 >> Caught signal 7 (Bus error). Server aborting
33 >>
34 >> which is not too much to go on. As you can see, I use the intel
35 >> drivers. The behaviour may have started after my March 19 upgrades:
36 >>
37 >> Fri Mar 19 11:08:54 2010 >>> x11-libs/libXau-1.0.5
38 >> Fri Mar 19 11:09:41 2010 >>> x11-libs/libXdmcp-1.0.3
39 >> Fri Mar 19 11:10:06 2010 >>> x11-misc/util-macros-1.6.1
40 >> Fri Mar 19 11:20:13 2010 >>> x11-libs/libX11-1.3.3
41 >> Fri Mar 19 11:21:17 2010 >>> x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.19
42 >> Fri Mar 19 11:22:44 2010 >>> x11-libs/libXt-1.0.8
43 >> Fri Mar 19 11:23:26 2010 >>> x11-libs/libXScrnSaver-1.2.0
44 >> Fri Mar 19 11:41:42 2010 >>> x11-libs/openmotif-2.3.3
45 >> Fri Mar 19 11:42:17 2010 >>> x11-apps/xinput-1.5.1
46 >> Fri Mar 19 12:30:55 2010 >>> x11-apps/xinit-1.2.1
47 >> Fri Mar 19 12:54:23 2010 >>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6
48 >> Fri Mar 19 12:55:55 2010 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.10.0-r1
49 >>
50 >> For what it's worth, here's the lspci output:
51 >>
52 >> Gee-Mi-Ni elog # lspci -vs 00:02.*
53 >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
54 >>        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 1999
55 >>        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
56 >>        Memory at 58280000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
57 >>        I/O ports at 60c0 [size=8]
58 >>        Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
59 >>        Memory at 58300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
60 >>        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
61 >>        Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
62 >>        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
63 >>        Kernel driver in use: i915
64 >>
65 >> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
66 >>        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 1999
67 >>        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
68 >>        Memory at 58200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
69 >>        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
70 >>
71 >>
72 >> Any suggestions on what I can do to figure out what the problem is?
73 >>
74 >> Thanks,
75 >>
76 >> W
77 >> --
78 >> Willie W. Wong                                     wwong@××××××××××××××.edu
79 >> Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire
80 >>         et vice versa   ~~~  I. Newton
81 >>
82 >>
83 >
84 >
85
86 Seems that you also suffer problem with Intel driver and kernel
87 2.6.32. Upgrade your xf86-video-intel to v2.11.0 may help.
88 --
89 Nguyễn Bảo Ngọc
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Re: [gentoo-user] X crashes, how to troubleshoot? Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.EDU>