Xorg freeze: "Try Ubuntu" leads to black screen with a white cursor and keyboard issues
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-driver-ati |
Confirmed
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High
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
|
High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
I booted a LiveUSB of the current natty daily ISO. It got to the screen where it asks whether I want to Try or Install Ubuntu. I selected "Try". It switched back to the console, then loaded xorg with a cursor in the center of the screen and a black background and stopped. I could move the cursor around with my mouse, but Ctrl-Alt-F1 didn't do anything. I eventually did Alt-Sysrq-R and Alt-Sysrq-K to restart xorg, logged in on gdm, and got to a normal desktop.
Xorg.0.log
[ 200.269] [mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.
[ 200.269]
Backtrace:
[ 200.270] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace
[ 200.270] 1: /usr/bin/X (mieqEnqueue+0x1f4) [0x4a1794]
[ 200.270] 2: /usr/bin/X (xf86PostMotion
[ 200.270] 3: /usr/lib/
[ 200.270] 4: /usr/lib/
[ 200.270] 5: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x6c627) [0x46c627]
[ 200.270] 6: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x124a9e) [0x524a9e]
[ 200.270] 7: /lib/x86_
[ 200.270] 8: /lib/x86_
[ 200.270] 9: /lib/x86_
[ 200.270] 10: /lib/x86_
[ 200.270] 11: /lib/x86_
[ 200.270] 12: /lib/x86_
[ 200.270] 13: /usr/lib/
[ 200.270] 14: /usr/lib/
[ 200.270] 15: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x1609c9) [0x5609c9]
[ 200.270] 16: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xa53a3) [0x4a53a3]
[ 200.270] 17: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xd4e48) [0x4d4e48]
[ 200.270] 18: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2e269) [0x42e269]
[ 200.270] 19: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x21a4e) [0x421a4e]
[ 200.270] 20: /lib/x86_
[ 200.270] 21: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x215f9) [0x4215f9]
dmesg
[ 211.546090] SAK: killed process 1872 (console-kit-dae): fd#11 opened to the tty
[ 211.546092] SAK: killed process 1886 (console-kit-dae): fd#11 opened to the tty
[ 211.546095] SAK: killed process 1887 (console-kit-dae): fd#11 opened to the tty
[ 211.546148] SAK: killed process 4605 (Xorg): task_session(
[ 224.800019] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU lockup CP stall for more than 10040msec
[ 224.800024] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 224.800056] WARNING: at /build/
[ 224.800060] Hardware name: P5K-E
[ 224.800062] GPU lockup (waiting for 0x00000173 last fence id 0x0000016D)
[ 224.800065] Modules linked in: parport_pc ppdev lp dm_crypt parport arc4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_
[ 224.800111] Pid: 4857, comm: Xorg Not tainted 2.6.38-8-generic #41-Ubuntu
[ 224.800113] Call Trace:
[ 224.800122] [<ffffffff81065
[ 224.800126] [<ffffffff81065
[ 224.800146] [<ffffffffa00d2
[ 224.800152] [<ffffffff81087
[ 224.800171] [<ffffffffa00d2
[ 224.800181] [<ffffffffa005a
[ 224.800188] [<ffffffffa005a
[ 224.800209] [<ffffffffa00eb
[ 224.800224] [<ffffffffa0022
[ 224.800245] [<ffffffffa00eb
[ 224.800251] [<ffffffff8100b
[ 224.800256] [<ffffffff81015
[ 224.800259] [<ffffffff81015
[ 224.800265] [<ffffffff81176
[ 224.800269] [<ffffffff8100b
[ 224.800273] [<ffffffff81176
[ 224.800276] [<ffffffff8100c
[ 224.800280] ---[ end trace 4b79756e0a682393 ]---
From the photos it shows a slightly different trace for an oops related to the compiz process:
radeon_gart_bind
radeon_
ttm_tt_bind
ttm_bo_move_ttm
ttm_bo_
ttm_bo_move_buffer
ttm_bo_validate
radeon_
radeon_
radeon_cs_ioctl
drm_ioctl
? handle_mm_fault
? radeon_cs_ioctl
? do_page_fault
do_vfs_iotcl
sys_iotcl
system_
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Mon Apr 11 05:50:59 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GdmLog2:
GraphicsCard:
ATI Technologies Inc RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450] [1002:95c5] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:01f4]
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110410)
MachineType: System manufacturer P5K-E
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/19/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1305
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: P5K-E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: P5K-E
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
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affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) |
affects: | xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
tags: | added: black-screen |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Hi rww, a few questions:
1. Is this a regression? You mentioned you saw it with the current natty daily ISO. Have you been testing dailies previously without encountering this problem? If so, what was the most recent day's ISO prior to this one that did not show this problem?
2. Is this issue repeatable? Please re-try booting the LiveUSB multiple times and note the number of times you encounter this bug, vs. times you did not.
3. Have you tried other daily images since 4/10? Do they show the same symptoms?
From the symptoms it sort of sounds like perhaps X got loaded up before some underlying drivers or services were ready. That seems odd. Is there anything more you can tell me about the bug that might help shed light on it?