[i845g] Ubuntu 9.10 (2.6.31- XX) locks up several minutes after login

[joe0855]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

When I boot up using Ubuntu 9.10 (2.6.31- xx), my computer will lock up after about 10 minutes and I am not able to do anything except move the mouse pointer around the screen.

However before the lock-up, my computer is fast (which is a significant improvement from 2.6.28- 15). Thunderbird (2.0.0.23) is very fast (like before I updated to Ubuntu 9.10).

I have resorted to using 2.6.28- 15 which is stable (does not lock up), but this version is painfully slow (especially Thunderbird).

I just ran "ubuntu-bug -p xserver-xorg-video-intel" and clicked on "Send Report", so hopefully you have what you need. I'm a new convert from Windows, so pardon my ignorance. I have a Dell Dimension 2400 with a 2GHz Celeron processor and 1.25GB RAM. Thanks.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 15 04:57:51 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 2400
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=dc385c65-3ba1-48e7-bf49-b350f8f6edf4 ro xforcevesa quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-15.52-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 12/02/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0F5949
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 15
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA05:bd12/02/2003:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension2400:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0F5949:rvrA01:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct15:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 2400
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.28-15-generic

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

I have compiled three test kernels for finding the triggering commit that introduced these freezes on 845G into ubuntu. They can be downloaded from http://www.kvante.info/845Gfreeze/ . There is some more detailed information in the comments to bug 456902. If this bug is the same as bug 456902, the kernels with freezetest1 and freezetest8 should not cause the freeze, while the one with freezetest9 should cause a freeze. If this is not the case for you, we know that your bug is different from bug 456902 and we will have to do some additional tests.

I originally compiled the kernels on Jaunty, but tests by others seems to indicate that the tests can also be done in Karmic or Lucid. A problem with Karmic and Lucid is that the default kernel will cause a freeze while it doesn't in Jaunty.

[joe0855 (jlalicata2000)]

Geir Ove Myhr wrote:
> I have compiled three test kernels for finding the triggering commit
> that introduced these freezes on 845G into ubuntu. They can be
> downloaded from http://www.kvante.info/845Gfreeze/ . There is some more
> detailed information in the comments to bug 456902. If this bug is the
> same as bug 456902, the kernels with freezetest1 and freezetest8 should
> not cause the freeze, while the one with freezetest9 should cause a
> freeze. If this is not the case for you, we know that your bug is
> different from bug 456902 and we will have to do some additional tests.
>
> I originally compiled the kernels on Jaunty, but tests by others seems
> to indicate that the tests can also be done in Karmic or Lucid. A
> problem with Karmic and Lucid is that the default kernel will cause a
> freeze while it doesn't in Jaunty.
>
>
Thanks Geir! I understand the others may have experienced this issue.
However, if it is on my account only, please close out the ticket. I am
now using Puppy Linux 4.3.1 and no longer experience this issue. Thanks
again.

Joe

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

Thank you, I will close this report. We have quite a few reports of similar issues and you probably have experienced the same problem as some of the other reporters. Hopefully we will get the bug fixed upstream so that the next version of Puppy Linux aviods it.