> Sound like different issues then. If I understand correctly, the > "freezes" that still happen resolve themselves after some time?
Yes. Usually just shy of a minute, sometimes over five. Load has shot up to
>>50 during that time, so there is certainly some io wait involved.
> X is involved in the vt switch (when you press C-A-F1, X gets SIGUSR1,
This was new to me. Perhaps I should try chvt, then?
> Do you get anything in the X or kernel log when these freezes happen?
Nothing out of the ordinary, that's why it is so hard to figure out what
happens.
> What if you set /sys/module/drm/parameters/debug to 6? If the machine
Done. What am I expecting? I guess these are benign:
[9402544.148312] [drm:intel_crtc_cursor_set],
[9402544.148316] [drm:intel_crtc_cursor_set], cursor off
[9402550.044010] [drm:intel_gpu_idle_timer], idle timer fired, downclocking
> is reachable over the network, can you connect over ssh and attach gdb
> to the X process to get a stack trace?
I will try to. If it is a longer one, it will be no problem, but on a shorter
one I will have to be quick.
Cheers,
-Juha
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