J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel > Version: 2:2.7.0-1 > Severity: important > > What am I trying to do: > Use the GUI. > > How am I trying to do it: > Log in through xdm into a GNOME environment with compiz set up > > What behaviour did I expect: > GUI to be responsive > > What behaviour did I get: > * After a short while, the GUI environment ceases to be responsive except > for the mouse cursor. > * The effect is (almost) immediate when switching desktop through > ctrl-alt-right. > * When I run with compiz replaced by metacity, the lockups also occur after > a while. > > Notes: > * This behaviour seems to have started when the system was updated to an > xserver-xorg-video-intel package that requires libdrm, a week or two ago. > Before that, the GUI was working reliably. > * The system as a whole can still be used remotely. > * Switching to virtual terminals through ctrl-alt-Fn or through "chvt" is > sometimes possible after the lockup occurs, sometimes not. > * I've tried to capture an application core dump of the X server: > # sudo gcore 6759 > [sudo] password for ray: > (no debugging symbols found) > (no debugging symbols found) > [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] > [New Thread 0x7f2b91518790 (LWP 6759)] > 0x00007f2b8f05b0b7 in ioctl () from /lib/libc.so.6 > warning: Memory read failed for corefile section, 1048576 bytes at > 0x00007f2b7b3b5000. > at which point the system hung completely, was no longer responsive to > magic sysrq and needed to be reset. > > Please let me know, should additional information or testing be needed. >
Does the problem occur without Compiz? Note that if the machine locks up, gdb is useless. Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
