[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1406401] Re: Nouveau TTM Failed to find memory space for buffer

2015-02-23 Thread linas
Hi Christopher, I spent 2 or 3 16-hour days trying to bisect this bug every-which way. I eventually punted, and just bought a newer graphics card -- they're cheap -- a few hundred $$ and that "fixed" the problem. Summary: the old card works great under ubuntu 12.04 but has issues, as described ab

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1077616] Re: 10de:0ca3 (EE) [mi] EQ overflowing. Additional events will be discarded until existing events are processed

2014-08-30 Thread linas
Please also see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts- raring/+bug/1097178 These Xorg errors seem to be a side-effect of X hanging in uninteruptible sleep, in the kernel: i.e. a nouveau kernel module issue. At least for me. See the bug I just quoted for details. -- You received th

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1222791] Re: 1002:94c3 (EE) [mi] EQ overflowing. Additional events will be discarded until existing events are processed

2014-08-30 Thread linas
Please also see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts- raring/+bug/1097178 These Xorg errors seem to be a side-effect of X hanging in uninteruptible sleep, in the kernel: i.e. a nouveau kernel module issue. At least for me. See the bug I just quoted for details. -- You received thi

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 910539] Re: maximum number of clients reached

2013-07-21 Thread linas
Anyway, googling for the error message suggests that lots of people hit this; its a hard-coded constant in an X11 header file; it would need to be changes and have X11 recompiled, or made into a run-time configurable parameter. Lets just hope that Wayland doesn't have this problem ... -- You rec

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 910539] Re: maximum number of clients reached

2013-07-21 Thread linas
Nothing to do with ATI, I hit this on NVIDIA as well. In my case, I have many, many copies of evince running. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910539 Title: maximum numb

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 938981] Re: Xorg freeze when starting Firefox

2012-10-18 Thread linas
Similar/same problem, except 1) I do not have ati, I have nvidia 2) do not have apparmor, as far as I know System hangs, sometimes in middle of night, sometimes in middle of day. The last message in syslog is: kernel: [13054.112526] type=1503 audit(1349642278.078:46): operation="open" pid=5234 p

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 717873] Re: NVIDIA X driver causes flickering

2012-10-18 Thread linas
For the other mystery hangs, the last message in syslog is this: type=1503 audit(1349642278.078:46): operation="open" pid=5234 parent=5145 profile="/usr/lib/firefox/firefox{,*[^s][^h]}" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" fsuid=1002 ouid=0 name="/dev/nvidiactl" No clue why "audit" is repor

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 717873] Re: NVIDIA X driver causes flickering

2012-10-18 Thread linas
Out of 4 hangs, its the last message twice. It does not appear anywhere else in a weeks worth of logs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/717873 Title: NVIDIA X driver causes flicke

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 717873] Re: NVIDIA X driver causes flickering

2012-10-18 Thread linas
Recently (the last few weeks) a desktop here has been hanging in the middle of the night. The last thing in syslog before the hang is "NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001" This is on lucid. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug re

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-10 Thread linas
The bug I report her appears to be old and well-known to xorg/freedesktop See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24966 Will attempt to download and debug source code... ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #24966 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24966 -- You

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread linas
p.s. as a kernel/toolchain/glibc developer who once used to do X11 devel long long ago, I'm willing to build from source, in order to test. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-mga in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread linas
attachment has xrandr output. First few lines are these: linas@blackspot: ~ $ xrandr --verbose xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 400 x 300, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1080 default connected 1920x1080+0+0 (0x4c) normal (normal) 0mm x 0mm

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread linas
apport-collect fails: I get all the way through a web session, where I loig into launchpad openid via lynx, authorize apport to collect the data, and then get this: No REFERER Header Launchpad requires a REFERER header to perform this action. There is no REFERER header present. This can be

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-04 Thread linas
BTW, this is on an amd64 system (i.e. 64-bit binaries) perhaps there's some 32->64-bit bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-mga in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900111 Title: X server on Matrox g55

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-04 Thread linas
BTW, If I use a DVI-to-VGA adapter, and run a vga cable to the monitor, then one output port shows fine pink& black vertical bars; the other port shows all black (and the monitor thinks the all-black screen does have valid video out, at 1600x1200) (the pink-bars vga out is also 1600x1200). By con

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-04 Thread linas
Log file from a failed session. Several notes about this file: -- you will see some vague evidence for another graphics adapter in the log; its an nvidia at pci 4:0:0 Please note the mga problem occurs even when the nvidia card is removed from the system ... I checked! -- Note that the xorg.con

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-04 Thread linas
xorg.conf file ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-mga/+bug/900111/+attachment/2619941/+files/xorg.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-mga in Ubunt

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] [NEW] X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-04 Thread linas
Public bug reported: No video output (all black screen) on matrox g550. Evidence below, but here's a wild guess: this card has a dual-dvii output, and I'm guessing that the mga driver is configured to send the video signal to a non- existent vga port (i.e. older models of g550 had 1 vga, 1 dvi, b