Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in __kernel_vsyscall()

[mvandeg]

I don't exactly know when it happened. I got this crash report after a restart. Probably the Xorg server was not shut down cleanly.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Tue Jul 21 22:31:15 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1:
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.1.901-2ubuntu2
PciDisplay:
 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef]
  Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
  Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
  Latency: 64
  Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-3-generic root=UUID=0f7777bb-5ecc-4dd9-adeb-30cde9adbc50 ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/X :0 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-0QnTot/database -nolisten tcp
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-3.19-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.5-1ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.11-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu1
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xa2bb90: call 0x10833e97
 PC (0x00a2bb90) ok
 source "0x10833e97" (0x10833e97) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: xorg-server
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 select () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 WaitForSomething ()
 Dispatch ()
 main ()
Title: Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in __kernel_vsyscall()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-3-generic i686
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-3-generic

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:__kernel_vsyscall ()
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[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:__kernel_vsyscall ()
select () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
WaitForSomething ()
Dispatch ()
main ()

[mrahk (mrahk)]

This error seems to be related to NVidia drivers. On the Internet are reports of rather vague work arounds.

[Alejandro Beltrán (androdebian)]

2009/8/5 mrahk <email address hidden>

> This error seems to be related to NVidia drivers. On the Internet are
> reports of rather vague work arounds.
>

I had this problem with Virtual Box, and my laptop have an ATI graphic card.

>
> --
> Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in __kernel_vsyscall()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402723
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

--
Alejandro Beltrán
www.obtengalinux.org

[Rex Kerr (rexkerr)]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:47 PM, mrahk <email address hidden> wrote:

> This error seems to be related to NVidia drivers. On the Internet are
> reports of rather vague work arounds.
>

Thanks for the pointer. The problem happens quite frequently under
VirtualBox. It's running on a WinXP host w/ a nvidia chipset underneath,
though the x.org driver is the virtualbox driver. Thankfully when xorg
crashes now everything just keeps working and you hardly notice other than
the popup telling you that it crashed. That's really nice compared to in
the past!

[Copernicus (twowayspirit)]

Running virtual box and have this problem with Karmic latest alpha.

[ktulu77 (ktulu-highwaytoacdc)]

same problem here with virtual box 3.0.4, Karmic guest and debian lenny host.

I have this each time I boot. I have a warning which says Xorg crashed, but my desktop seems to work correctly.