X restarts randomly, sometimes machine crashes on X200

[Martin Emrich]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

Since upgrading to kernel 2.6.31, my X session sometimes just restarts. I am in the middle of typing, hitting a key, and immediately the screen goes black, and most of the time the login window appears (Just as hitting CTRL-ALT-BS). Sometimes, the screen just goes black and the machine freezes completely (Caps Lock LED blinks).

I am running current karmic amd64 on a Thinkpad X200 (Intel GMA 4500MHD)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 6 11:03:26 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: LENOVO 7458WF7
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu4
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=5a008663-52f3-4cbe-ac05-12b710df2baa ro usbcore.autosuspend=1 pciehp.pciehp_force=1 quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-1.14-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu4
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.5~rc4-1ubuntu2
 libdrm2 2.4.11-0ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu4
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-1-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 05/18/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6DET53WW (3.03 )
dmi.board.name: 7458WF7
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6DET53WW(3.03):bd05/18/2009:svnLENOVO:pn7458WF7:pvrThinkPadX200:rvnLENOVO:rn7458WF7:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 7458WF7
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X200
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.31-1-generic

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

I went back to 2.6.30-10, and experienced the same problems. I also disabled compiz, no improvement.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Thanks for reporting this and providing the necessary information. I'd like to send this upstream but first could you verify it is still not fixed in the newer version of -intel for karmic available in x-updates? There has been an X200-specific fix included in this version (bug 391720), but I'm uncertain if it fixes this particular bug.

  https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates/

P.S. several people have reported similar-ish bugs on X200's: 391220 394952 396048 388198 384483 383677

[Luka Renko (lure)]

I have upgraded my X200S today to Karmic and have also experienced similar problem: I was just dropped to blank screen and machine hanged.

Bryce: I have checked proposed PPA, but there is no newer driver for intel, only xserver-xorg-video-nv. What else can we do?
BTW, should I open new report for my system?

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

I do regular updates, and my laptop did not crash in the last 4 weeks or so. Thus I assume that this is fixed for me.

[Luka Renko (lure)]

OK, since you are initial reporter and it works for you know, I will close this bug as Fix Released. I will try to reproduce my issue and report it as separate issue.