Greg, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com /daily-live/current/ .
If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report: apport-collect -p xorg REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful. Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1015267 Title: X server freezes: NULL pointer deferenced Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: System is a Dell Studio XPS 435mt with ATI FireGL 7750, fully updated, with proprietary drivers (v8.960), and two monitors with xinerama enabled. Before the failure, I had been looking at WebGL in Firefox, but I have no idea if that is related or not. This is the second freeze in two days. The console was completely frozen both times -- no response to the keyboard nor mouse -- but I am able to remotely login and reboot. I found the following in /var/log/syslog: Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470850] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470855] IP: [<ffffffffa021c291>] _ZN20CMMHeap_SystemMemory8pushPoolEP7CMMPool+0x11/0x40 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470897] PGD 0 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470898] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470901] CPU 1 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470902] Modules linked in: xt_multiport ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle bridge stp kvm_intel kvm parport_pc rfcomm bnep binfmt_misc ppdev bluetooth dm_crypt snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek ip6t_LOG xt_hl ip6t_rt nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec ipt_REJECT snd_hwdep ipt_LOG xt_limit snd_pcm xt_tcpudp snd_seq_midi xt_addrtype snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event xt_state snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device ip6table_filter psmouse serio_raw ip6_tables snd nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast fglrx(P) nf_nat_ftp nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack iptable_filter soundcore i7core_edac ip_tables snd_page_alloc edac_core lp x_tables mac_hid dcdbas parport vesafb usbhid hid firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t e1000e Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470939] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470941] Pid: 1518, comm: Xorg Tainted: P O 3.2.0-25-generic #40-Ubuntu Dell Inc. Studio XPS 435MT/0R849J Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470944] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa021c291>] [<ffffffffa021c291>] _ZN20CMMHeap_SystemMemory8pushPoolEP7CMMPool+0x11/0x40 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470978] RSP: 0018:ffff8801af891920 EFLAGS: 00010297 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470979] RAX: ffff88019d944008 RBX: ffffc9001264d150 RCX: 0000000000000000 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470981] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc9001264d018 RDI: ffff88019d944e30 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470983] RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: ffffffffa024ceb0 R09: ffff88019d944008 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470984] R10: ffffc9001264d090 R11: ffff88019d944008 R12: ffff88019d944e30 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470986] R13: 0000000000000040 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470988] FS: 00007f8e79c20880(0000) GS:ffff8801bfc40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470989] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470991] CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 000000019b429000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470993] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470994] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470996] Process Xorg (pid: 1518, threadinfo ffff8801af890000, task ffff88018f41c4d0) Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470997] Stack: Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.470998] ffffffffa021bcb6 0000000000000000 ffff88019d944e30 ffff88019d944ec8 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471002] 0000000000000200 0000000000000000 ffffffffa01b4c55 0000000000080000 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471005] ffff88019d944e30 ffffffffa024ceb0 ffffffffa01b4fb8 ffff88017b96e2c0 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471008] Call Trace: Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471042] [<ffffffffa021bcb6>] ? _ZN7CMMHeap15createPoolSpaceI21CMMPoolAsicAccessibleEEbj+0xb6/0xc0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471084] [<ffffffffa01b4c55>] ? _ZN20CMMHeap_SystemMemory10obtainPoolEv+0x85/0xc0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471125] [<ffffffffa01b4fb8>] ? _ZN16CMMHeap_PAGEABLE10expandHeapEm+0x18/0xb0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471160] [<ffffffffa021baaa>] ? _ZN7CMMHeap10expandHeapEmRmPv+0xa/0x10 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471200] [<ffffffffa01b39af>] ? _ZN7CMMHeap21allocateMorePoolSpaceEmPv+0x8f/0x1b0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471241] [<ffffffffa01b237e>] ? _ZN14CMMHeapManager13allocPageableEjR14CMM_ALLOCATION+0xbe/0x100 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471282] [<ffffffffa01bc8b7>] ? _ZN9CMMObjectnwEmP8CMM_CORE+0x37/0x70 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471324] [<ffffffffa01c0462>] ? _ZN8MSF_CORE21get_surface_structureEv+0xc2/0xe0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471363] [<ffffffffa01aa63f>] ? _ZN3MSF11create_surfEP9CMMClientP9CMMDriverPvRA4_K14CMM_ALLOCATIONP16MSF_SURF_ATTRIBS+0x1f/0x1c0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471403] [<ffffffffa01aad10>] ? _ZN3MSF10alloc_surfEP9CMMClientP9CMMDriverP21MEMHEAP_ADDR_RESTRICTjP16MSF_SURF_ATTRIBSP15_CMM_RETURNCODE+0x530/0x580 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471443] [<ffffffffa01a647c>] ? CMMAllocSurface_WA+0x8bc/0xba0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471486] [<ffffffffa01ca589>] ? _Z27cmmGetHeapTotalAndFreeBytesP9CMMDriver9_CMM_HEAPjRxS2_+0x69/0xe0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471505] [<ffffffffa012990e>] ? KCL_STR_Memcpy+0xe/0x10 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471530] [<ffffffffa0154262>] ? firegl_trace+0x72/0x1e0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471535] [<ffffffff8116304d>] ? __kmalloc+0x13d/0x190 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471575] [<ffffffffa01b7899>] ? _Z8uCWDDEQCmjjPvjS_+0xb59/0x10c0 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471579] [<ffffffff8109056e>] ? down+0x2e/0x50 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471605] [<ffffffffa0156b6f>] ? firegl_cmmqs_CWDDE_32+0x36f/0x480 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471630] [<ffffffffa01552de>] ? firegl_cmmqs_CWDDE32+0x6e/0x100 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471634] [<ffffffff8129d061>] ? security_capable+0x21/0x30 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471659] [<ffffffffa0155270>] ? firegl_cmmqs_createdriver+0x170/0x170 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471680] [<ffffffffa013212d>] ? firegl_ioctl+0x1ed/0x250 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471695] [<ffffffffa01229be>] ? ip_firegl_unlocked_ioctl+0xe/0x20 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471698] [<ffffffff8118a01a>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x8a/0x340 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471700] [<ffffffff811780fd>] ? vfs_read+0x10d/0x180 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471702] [<ffffffff8118a361>] ? sys_ioctl+0x91/0xa0 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471706] [<ffffffff81665c42>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471707] Code: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 8d 47 68 c3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 31 c9 48 8b 97 98 00 00 00 83 7e 18 02 48 0f 44 ce <48> 89 51 08 ff 87 a0 00 00 00 48 89 8f 98 00 00 00 c3 00 00 00 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471730] RIP [<ffffffffa021c291>] _ZN20CMMHeap_SystemMemory8pushPoolEP7CMMPool+0x11/0x40 [fglrx] Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471764] RSP <ffff8801af891920> Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471765] CR2: 0000000000000008 Jun 18 17:37:46 ski kernel: [25948.471767] ---[ end trace 24efd89d91e641ed ]--- Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.590895] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.590900] IP: [<ffffffffa022d291>] _ZN20CMMHeap_SystemMemory8pushPoolEP7CMMPool+0x11/0x40 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.590942] PGD 0 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.590944] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.590947] CPU 2 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.590948] Modules linked in: xt_multiport ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat xt_CHECKSUM iptable_man gle bridge stp kvm_intel kvm parport_pc ppdev rfcomm bnep bluetooth binfmt_misc dm_crypt snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek ip6t_LOG snd_hda _intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event xt_hl ip6t_rt snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device nf_conntrack_ipv 6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG snd soundcore xt_limit xt_tcpudp snd_page_alloc i7core_edac xt_addrtype xt_state fglrx(P) ip6table_filter ip6_ tables edac_core nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast psmouse serio_raw nf_nat_ftp nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_conntrack_ ftp nf_conntrack iptable_filter mac_hid dcdbas ip_tables x_tables lp parport vesafb usbhid hid firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t e1000e Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.590985] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.590987] Pid: 1360, comm: Xorg Tainted: P O 3.2.0-25-generic #40-Ubuntu Dell Inc. Studio XPS 435MT/0R8 49J Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.590990] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa022d291>] [<ffffffffa022d291>] _ZN20CMMHeap_SystemMemory8pushPoolEP7CMMPool+0x11/ 0x40 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591024] RSP: 0018:ffff880199aff9c0 EFLAGS: 00010297 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591025] RAX: ffff880199966008 RBX: ffffc90012ba0150 RCX: 0000000000000000 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591027] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc90012ba0018 RDI: ffff880199966e30 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591029] RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: ffffffffa025deb0 R09: ffff880199966008 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591030] R10: ffffc90012ba0090 R11: ffff880199966008 R12: ffff880199966e30 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591032] R13: 0000000000000040 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591034] FS: 00007f71a02bb880(0000) GS:ffff8801bfc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591035] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591037] CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 0000000199be5000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591038] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591040] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591042] Process Xorg (pid: 1360, threadinfo ffff880199afe000, task ffff880199de2de0) Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591043] Stack: Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591044] ffffffffa022ccb6 0000000000000000 ffff880199966e30 ffff880199966ec8 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591048] 0000000000000200 0000000000000000 ffffffffa01c5c55 0000000000080000 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591051] ffff880199966e30 ffffffffa025deb0 ffffffffa01c5fb8 ffff880199affa58 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591054] Call Trace: Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591088] [<ffffffffa022ccb6>] ? _ZN7CMMHeap15createPoolSpaceI21CMMPoolAsicAccessibleEEbj+0xb6/0xc0 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591129] [<ffffffffa01c5c55>] ? _ZN20CMMHeap_SystemMemory10obtainPoolEv+0x85/0xc0 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591170] [<ffffffffa01c5fb8>] ? _ZN16CMMHeap_PAGEABLE10expandHeapEm+0x18/0xb0 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591204] [<ffffffffa022caaa>] ? _ZN7CMMHeap10expandHeapEmRmPv+0xa/0x10 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591245] [<ffffffffa01c49af>] ? _ZN7CMMHeap21allocateMorePoolSpaceEmPv+0x8f/0x1b0 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591285] [<ffffffffa01c337e>] ? _ZN14CMMHeapManager13allocPageableEjR14CMM_ALLOCATION+0xbe/0x100 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591328] [<ffffffffa01ef3f1>] ? AddrComputeSurfaceInfo+0x31/0x50 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591369] [<ffffffffa01cd8b7>] ? _ZN9CMMObjectnwEmP8CMM_CORE+0x37/0x70 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591410] [<ffffffffa01d1462>] ? _ZN8MSF_CORE21get_surface_structureEv+0xc2/0xe0 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591450] [<ffffffffa01bb63f>] ? _ZN3MSF11create_surfEP9CMMClientP9CMMDriverPvRA4_K14CMM_ALLOCATIONP16MSF_SURF_A TTRIBS+0x1f/0x1c0 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591490] [<ffffffffa01bcd43>] ? _ZN3MSF21handle_shared_surfaceEP9CMMClientP9CMMDriverP10CMMSurfaceP16MSF_SURF_A TTRIBSP15_CMM_RETURNCODE+0x113/0x280 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591530] [<ffffffffa01b7216>] ? CMMAllocSurface_WA+0x656/0xba0 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591534] [<ffffffff815d0969>] ? unix_stream_recvmsg+0x3d9/0x630 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591560] [<ffffffffa0165262>] ? firegl_trace+0x72/0x1e0 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591563] [<ffffffff8116304d>] ? __kmalloc+0x13d/0x190 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591603] [<ffffffffa01c8899>] ? _Z8uCWDDEQCmjjPvjS_+0xb59/0x10c0 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591607] [<ffffffff8109056e>] ? down+0x2e/0x50 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591633] [<ffffffffa0167b6f>] ? firegl_cmmqs_CWDDE_32+0x36f/0x480 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591658] [<ffffffffa01662de>] ? firegl_cmmqs_CWDDE32+0x6e/0x100 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591662] [<ffffffff8129d061>] ? security_capable+0x21/0x30 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591687] [<ffffffffa0166270>] ? firegl_cmmqs_createdriver+0x170/0x170 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591707] [<ffffffffa014312d>] ? firegl_ioctl+0x1ed/0x250 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591722] [<ffffffffa01339be>] ? ip_firegl_unlocked_ioctl+0xe/0x20 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591725] [<ffffffff8118a01a>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x8a/0x340 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591728] [<ffffffff811780fd>] ? vfs_read+0x10d/0x180 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591730] [<ffffffff8118a361>] ? sys_ioctl+0x91/0xa0 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591733] [<ffffffff81665c42>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591735] Code: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 8d 47 68 c3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 31 c9 48 8b 97 98 0 0 00 00 83 7e 18 02 48 0f 44 ce <48> 89 51 08 ff 87 a0 00 00 00 48 89 8f 98 00 00 00 c3 00 00 00 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591758] RIP [<ffffffffa022d291>] _ZN20CMMHeap_SystemMemory8pushPoolEP7CMMPool+0x11/0x40 [fglrx] Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591792] RSP <ffff880199aff9c0> Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591793] CR2: 0000000000000008 Jun 19 11:01:09 ski kernel: [61916.591795] ---[ end trace a19746a5f7bfb182 ]--- To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1015267/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

