[Bug 1526657] Re: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel thread at 100% cpu

2016-03-19 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1526657

[Bug 1526657] Re: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel thread at 100% cpu

2016-01-19 Thread Alberto Sentieri
Below is the information from Xorg.O.log.old (about the described lock, on Nov. 21st): [141735.156] nouveau_exa_download_from_screen:295 - falling back to memcpy ignores tiling [141735.188] (EE) [141735.188] (EE) Backtrace: [141735.198] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x56)

[Bug 1526657] Re: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel thread at 100% cpu

2016-01-18 Thread Alberto Sentieri
Well, I am not a strong graphical software user. Most of the time I am using gvim to edit program files. One of the times I had the problem I captured dmesg. Below you will see what I got (through ssh, I guess). [Sat Nov 21 12:24:38 2015] nouveau E[ PFIFO][:01:00.0] read fault at

[Bug 1526657] Re: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel thread at 100% cpu

2016-01-18 Thread tojb
It would be nice to get a /var/log/Xorg.log capture, just to show that it is really the same thing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1526657 Title: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel

[Bug 1526657] Re: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel thread at 100% cpu

2016-01-17 Thread tojb
>>So, my conclusion is that the problem happens exactly when the screen saver takes control and the monitor turns off. For me it was any sporadically associated with any graphics-related operation, eg zooming in google earth, or opening a 3D molecule viewer. I have swapped out the NVS 310

[Bug 1526657] Re: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel thread at 100% cpu

2016-01-17 Thread Alberto Sentieri
I should also mention that I have frequently updated both Debian and Ubuntu and that I have seen the same problem with all the updates. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1526657 Title:

[Bug 1526657] Re: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel thread at 100% cpu

2016-01-17 Thread Alberto Sentieri
I have exactly the same problem in both an Ubuntu 14.04 that I use at work and a Debian Jessie that I use at home, and the software is up to date. Both systems have a "VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] (rev a1)" and two monitors. After the problem shows up, I can login

Re: [Bug 1526657] Re: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel thread at 100% cpu

2015-12-17 Thread tojb
Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a prior kernel version where you were not having this particular problem? >>Its a new machine. >>I located another machine with exact same hardware, ubuntu build and drivers which is manifesting no problems: therefore this is a

[Bug 1526657] Re: desktop freeze, htop shows kernel thread at 100% cpu

2015-12-16 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a prior kernel version where you were not having this particular problem? Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v4.4