Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
On 19/07/10 20:42, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 23:50:55 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: On 18/07/10 18:19, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 15:34:22 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: [...] It has happened again whilst I was having lunch today. System had been idle for about 4 hours and when I came back to it I had been logged out. Only 15 minutes ago (so it had worked perfectly up until then) it created an /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old file with ... Fatal server error: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error That is a problem with the video driver; your GPU is choking on a set of instructions that it is supposed to execute. Which video chipset do you use, which version of the X server and which kernel? (An Intel 845 series chipset with Sid's Xorg and kernel, maybe?) I am running Squeeze, with Xorg and latest kernel - the chipset is an Intel 965 (I think - motherboard is an Intel DG965S) So the 965 chipsets still have problems with the driver as well? I had not appreciated that there were issues - time for bug reports when this happens again The third option is learning to live with the occasional X crash and make sure to save all your work early and often. Yes - its not too bad as it is only when the system is idle that it occurs. I have never had any problems with a system that is actively doing things. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c457fc9.3070...@chandlerfamily.org.uk
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 23:50:55 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: On 18/07/10 18:19, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 15:34:22 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: [...] It has happened again whilst I was having lunch today. System had been idle for about 4 hours and when I came back to it I had been logged out. Only 15 minutes ago (so it had worked perfectly up until then) it created an /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old file with ... Fatal server error: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error That is a problem with the video driver; your GPU is choking on a set of instructions that it is supposed to execute. Which video chipset do you use, which version of the X server and which kernel? (An Intel 845 series chipset with Sid's Xorg and kernel, maybe?) I am running Squeeze, with Xorg and latest kernel - the chipset is an Intel 965 (I think - motherboard is an Intel DG965S) So the 965 chipsets still have problems with the driver as well? I used to have an 965 system and I had some problems, but I have not followed recent developments. I have the impression, based on the experience with the 855GM in my laptop and on numerous upstream bugs reports, that 8xx series cards are especially difficult with newer drivers. (My 855GM tends to locks up as soon as X is started; Magic-SysRq to the rescue.) You could try the intel driver from experimental, which supposedly has been much improved. For my 855GM card this fixes at least the lockup/crash problem - the driver detects the impending lockup and disables acceleration. This makes everything slow and introduces some rendering artefacts, but at least X stays functional enough so that I can save my work before I terminate the session myself. (If you want to try this, you also need the 2.6.35 kernel from experimental.) The other approach is to downgrade the intel driver to the last version that works for your card. For my 855GM I have to use package xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1 with the linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 kernel to get reasonable stability. The third option is learning to live with the occasional X crash and make sure to save all your work early and often. -- Regards,| Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100719194228.ga4...@isar.localhost
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
On 15/07/10 07:28, Alan Chandler wrote: On 14/07/10 17:25, Bob Proulx wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Do you see signs of an X server restart or anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /var/log/syslog? See also the ~/.xsesssion-errors file. Bob Nothing in either of these files this morning - but I just booted up and didn't have any problems since the last time I booted. Thanks for the heads up though,I will check them out if it happens again. It has happened again whilst I was having lunch today. System had been idle for about 4 hours and when I came back to it I had been logged out. Only 15 minutes ago (so it had worked perfectly up until then) it created an /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old file with ... Fatal server error: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please also check the log file at /var/log/Xorg.0.log for additional informati on. (II) Power Button: Close (II) UnloadModule: evdev (II) Sleep Button: Close (II) UnloadModule: evdev (II) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Close (II) UnloadModule: evdev (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Close (II) UnloadModule: evdev (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Close (II) UnloadModule: evdev (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c4310ee.4000...@chandlerfamily.org.uk
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
On Du, 18 iul 10, 15:34:22, Alan Chandler wrote: Fatal server error: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error I've never seen this error, but did you try to google it? Do you have enough space on all partitions (especially /tmp)? How about a full fsck? Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 15:34:22 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: On 14/07/10 17:25, Bob Proulx wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Do you see signs of an X server restart or anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /var/log/syslog? See also the ~/.xsesssion-errors file. [...] It has happened again whilst I was having lunch today. System had been idle for about 4 hours and when I came back to it I had been logged out. Only 15 minutes ago (so it had worked perfectly up until then) it created an /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old file with ... Fatal server error: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error That is a problem with the video driver; your GPU is choking on a set of instructions that it is supposed to execute. Which video chipset do you use, which version of the X server and which kernel? (An Intel 845 series chipset with Sid's Xorg and kernel, maybe?) -- Regards,| Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100718171942.ga4...@isar.localhost
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
On 18/07/10 18:34, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 18 iul 10, 15:34:22, Alan Chandler wrote: Fatal server error: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error I've never seen this error, but did you try to google it? Do you have enough space on all partitions (especially /tmp)? How about a full fsck? I did try to google it - vague references to problems with the Intel Chipset - but no solutions that I could find. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c438427.1030...@chandlerfamily.org.uk
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
On 18/07/10 18:19, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 15:34:22 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: On 14/07/10 17:25, Bob Proulx wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Do you see signs of an X server restart or anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /var/log/syslog? See also the ~/.xsesssion-errors file. [...] It has happened again whilst I was having lunch today. System had been idle for about 4 hours and when I came back to it I had been logged out. Only 15 minutes ago (so it had worked perfectly up until then) it created an /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old file with ... Fatal server error: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error That is a problem with the video driver; your GPU is choking on a set of instructions that it is supposed to execute. Which video chipset do you use, which version of the X server and which kernel? (An Intel 845 series chipset with Sid's Xorg and kernel, maybe?) I am running Squeeze, with Xorg and latest kernel - the chipset is an Intel 965 (I think - motherboard is an Intel DG965S) -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c43854f.2010...@chandlerfamily.org.uk
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
On 14/07/10 17:25, Bob Proulx wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Do you see signs of an X server restart or anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /var/log/syslog? See also the ~/.xsesssion-errors file. Bob Nothing in either of these files this morning - but I just booted up and didn't have any problems since the last time I booted. Thanks for the heads up though,I will check them out if it happens again. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c3eaaa8.5050...@chandlerfamily.org.uk
Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
Over the past few weeks there has been a change in my system behaviour. I frequently get back to my screen to find the gdm greeter inviting me to log in again. At first I thought it might have been the screen saver, but unlike when the screensaver wants you to login in, all the programs that were running seem to have terminated. In other words it appears I have been logged out. This is extremely annoying - edits that I might have been making are not saved - and more than once now I have lost quite a bit of work. I can't see how to turn this behaviour off. The screen saver is NOT set to lock the screen. I can't see any options set in /etc/gdm3 anywhere that might cause me to get logged off after a timeout. I am sure there is a configuration controlling this somewhere. Can anyone point me to it. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c3d7bda.90...@chandlerfamily.org.uk
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 09:56:58 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: Over the past few weeks there has been a change in my system behaviour. I frequently get back to my screen to find the gdm greeter inviting me to log in again. At first I thought it might have been the screen saver, but unlike when the screensaver wants you to login in, all the programs that were running seem to have terminated. In other words it appears I have been logged out. This is extremely annoying - edits that I might have been making are not saved - and more than once now I have lost quite a bit of work. I can't see how to turn this behaviour off. The screen saver is NOT set to lock the screen. I can't see any options set in /etc/gdm3 anywhere that might cause me to get logged off after a timeout. I am sure there is a configuration controlling this somewhere. Can anyone point me to it. My first suspicion would be a crash of the X server with a subsequent automatic restart of gdm. Do you see signs of an X server restart or anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /var/log/syslog? Does your screensaver of choice use fancy accelerated graphics which could trigger bugs in your video driver that crash the X server? -- Regards,| Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100714132405.gb6...@isar.localhost
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
Florian Kulzer wrote: Do you see signs of an X server restart or anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /var/log/syslog? See also the ~/.xsesssion-errors file. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?
Bob Proulx wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Do you see signs of an X server restart or anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /var/log/syslog? See also the ~/.xsesssion-errors file. Oops. I typed that in too fast and spelled it wrong. ~/.xsession-errors How embarrassing! Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
