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* [2.6.25-rc6] possible regression: X server dying
@ 2008-03-24 22:38 Tilman Schmidt
  2008-03-24 23:22 ` Dave Airlie
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread
From: Tilman Schmidt @ 2008-03-24 22:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

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In the five days since I booted a 2.6.25-rc6 kernel on my development
machine, it has happened three times already that I came back to the
machine to find that the X server had exited, killing all applications
that still had a window open. This has never happened with previous
kernel versions (2.6.22.17, 2.6.24.3, 2.6.25-rc5), so I suspect some
relation to the latest rc kernel.

Syslog entries around the time of the crash (identical each time):

Mar 24 21:59:57 xenon kernel: [424469.161592] PM: Removing info for No
Bus:vcs7
Mar 24 21:59:57 xenon kernel: [424469.162591] PM: Removing info for No
Bus:vcsa7
Mar 24 21:59:57 xenon kernel: [424469.179556] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1:
release dev 4 ep81-INT, period 8, phase 4, 93 us
Mar 24 21:59:57 xenon gconfd (ts-21705): Signal 15 erhalten,
ordungsgemäßes Herunterfahren
Mar 24 21:59:57 xenon gconfd (ts-21705): Beenden
Mar 24 21:59:57 xenon gdm[21341]: WARNING: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler:
Schwerwiegender X-Fehler - :0 wird neu gestartet
Mar 24 21:59:58 xenon kernel: [426716.212842] PM: Adding info for No
Bus:vcs7
Mar 24 21:59:58 xenon kernel: [426716.213300] PM: Adding info for No
Bus:vcsa7
Mar 24 21:59:58 xenon kernel: [426716.295997] PM: Removing info for No
Bus:vcs7
Mar 24 21:59:58 xenon kernel: [426716.296110] PM: Removing info for No
Bus:vcsa7
Mar 24 21:59:59 xenon kernel: [426716.434662] PM: Adding info for No
Bus:vcs7
Mar 24 21:59:59 xenon kernel: [426716.434742] PM: Adding info for No
Bus:vcsa7
Mar 24 22:00:00 xenon kernel: [426717.727427] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1:
reserve dev 4 ep81-INT, period 8, phase 4, 93 us
Mar 24 22:00:00 xenon kernel: [424472.319521] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1:
release dev 4 ep81-INT, period 8, phase 4, 93 us
Mar 24 22:00:00 xenon kernel: [426717.997926] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1:
reserve dev 4 ep81-INT, period 8, phase 4, 93 us
Mar 24 22:00:02 xenon gconfd (root-15531): (Version 2.20.0) wird
gestartet, Prozesskennung 15531, Benutzer »root«
Mar 24 22:00:02 xenon gconfd (root-15531): Die Adresse
»xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory« wurde an der Position 0 zu
einer nur lesbaren Konfigurationsquelle aufgelöst
Mar 24 22:00:02 xenon gconfd (root-15531): Die Adresse
»xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf« wurde an der Position 1 zu einer
schreibbaren Konfigurationsquelle aufgelöst
Mar 24 22:00:02 xenon gconfd (root-15531): Die Adresse
»xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults« wurde an der Position 2 zu
einer nur lesbaren Konfigurationsquelle aufgelöst
Mar 24 22:00:02 xenon gconfd (root-15531): Die Adresse
»xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.schemas« wurde an der Position 3 zu
einer nur lesbaren Konfigurationsquelle aufgelöst
Mar 24 22:00:05 xenon kernel: [426722.904631] gtk-window-deco[15527]:
segfault at 4 ip b785c98a sp bfa4d160 error 4 in
libcairo.so.2.11.5[b7852000+7c000]

(The translation of the German error message from gdm is:
"Serious X error - restarting :0"
The German language messages from gconfd are probably not important,
as they appear identically during a regular X logout/login cycle.)

I'm at a loss where to start investigating this. Bisecting appears
impractical given the error happens about every other day with no
obvious triggering condition (except me being afk for a longer time.)

Configuration: Pentium D940, 2 GB RAM, Intel 965 chipset, Matrox
G550 PCIe graphics adapter, openSUSE 10.3 32 bit install.

Ideas?

Thanks
Tilman



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2008-03-24 22:38 [2.6.25-rc6] possible regression: X server dying Tilman Schmidt
2008-03-24 23:22 ` Dave Airlie
2008-03-24 23:45   ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-03-25  0:53     ` Dave Airlie
2008-03-26 18:52       ` Pavel Machek
2008-03-31  4:53       ` Dave Airlie
2008-03-31 17:45         ` Mark Lord
2008-04-01  9:02         ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-04-06  7:44           ` Dave Airlie
2008-04-06 14:34             ` Gerhard Pircher
2008-04-07 22:27               ` Dave Airlie
2008-04-08 21:01                 ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-04-09  8:54                   ` Gerhard Pircher
2008-04-24 16:40                     ` Oliver Pinter
2008-04-24 20:37                       ` Gerhard Pircher
2008-04-24 16:03                   ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-04-19 11:30             ` [2.6.25] X server dying due to lock not being held Gerhard Pircher
2008-04-07 22:22           ` [2.6.25-rc6] possible regression: X server dying Tilman Schmidt
2008-04-07 22:55             ` Ray Lee
2008-04-09 11:57               ` Tilman Schmidt
2008-04-14  1:02               ` Tilman Schmidt

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