Chris, I don't know how to report this as a bug so I'll just tell you and see if you know.
A friend of mine has been having a horrible time with 12.10 and really various other releases as well: the system freezes up in a manner very reminiscent of the dual monitor problem I have--though he's not using a second monitor. He's had to run with a rather old kernel in order to get going at all. He's been very disgruntled about this, feeling that the people who deal with Ubuntu bugs were trying to find an excuse to ignore them. He also says that this "syndrome" seems to have been reported many times by many people and always goes nowhere. Anyway, when I saw that the Feb 23 intel-drm-nightly solved the dual monitor problem, I suggested that he try it. He had a Linux-booting problem very similar to the "you're not having much fun" problem I had but then it worked for him. Here are his words: Hah! I'm up with 994. Running for about 90 min with two sessions of Chromium. First Rachmaninof/Paganini and now Brahms piano. Tough time coming up - took three tries. Died black the first, recovery mode on second got badly tangled, third graphic seems ok. If this really fixes this seemingly widespread problem, some folks should see that the word gets out and quiets the waters. If there's something I can do to help with this, please let me know. Thanks, Keith On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Chris Wilson <chris@chris- wilson.co.uk>wrote: > Yikes. You're not having much fun are you? :( > > Do you happen to be able to set up a netconsole and grab the dmesg > leading to the hard hang? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079440 > > Title: > i945: Random complete freeze using dual monitors > > Status in The Linux Kernel: > Fix Released > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > I can run all day without problems if I boot up using just the laptop > screen, but using an external monitor to extend the viewing area I get > a crash after about an hour or two of use, 100% guaranteed. It seems > completely random. I was getting similar crashes in 12.04 but using > 2d "fixed" that. Now with 12.10 I have to use 3d. By complete freeze > I mean no mouse click or key press does anything but I can still see > the cursor move with the mouse. > > When I first installed 12.10 and the system froze I could use ctrl- > alt-F1 to restart the display manager, but since a recent system > update ctrl-alt-F1 just switches to a black screen (no text). Typing > any kind of command seems to have no effect, so it is more than the > characters simply not displaying. So this recent system update seems > to make the crash more severe when it happens. > > Description: Ubuntu 12.10 > Release: 12.10 > > compiz: > Installed: 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1 > Candidate: 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1 > Version table: > *** 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main > amd64 Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu2 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 > Packages > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 > Package: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 > Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 > .tmp.unity.support.test.0: > > ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 > Architecture: amd64 > CompizPlugins: No value set for > `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' > CompositorRunning: compiz > Date: Thu Nov 15 14:13:02 2012 > DistUpgraded: Fresh install > DistroCodename: quantal > DistroVariant: ubuntu > DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 4.2.4, 3.5.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > GraphicsCard: > Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated > Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01cd] > Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01cd] > InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-31 (15 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 > (20121017.5) > MachineType: Dell Inc. MP061 > MarkForUpload: True > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcEnviron: > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, no user) > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-generic > root=UUID=0650f48a-9821-4f03-aad9-130f0ff78d65 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > SourcePackage: compiz > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > dmi.bios.date: 12/18/2006 > dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.bios.version: A06 > dmi.board.name: 0FF049 > dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.chassis.type: 8 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd12/18/2006:svnDellInc.:pnMP061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0FF049:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: > dmi.product.name: MP061 > dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. > version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1 > version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1 > version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 > version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev > 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati > 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel > 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1079440/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079440 Title: i945: Random complete freeze using dual monitors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1079440/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
