System unresponsive few minutes after boot

[Markus Petersen]

Binary package hint: xorg

I did a fresh install of 10.10 when it came out, and this began. I never had this problem with 10.04.

The problem is, when booting (either cold booting or waking from standby), the system works fine for some time, usually from 5 to 20 minutes. Then, the mouse pointer starts "lagging" at best, and is almost unmovable at worst (I can move the physical mouse, and the pointer responds with tiny movements 15 seconds later). It's not just the mouse pointer, I cannot switch applications, scroll in the browser, open new applications etc. It doesn't totally freeze, it's just awfully slow and unusable.

It's as if the system is under very, very heavy load. This goes on for 1-5 minutes, after which everything is back to normal. At _every_ boot.

I have no idea if this is X-related, or something entirely else. I have tried to have the "htop" program run in the background, but I see no process with heavy load.

Help would be appreciated. :)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1280x800
 edid-base64: AP///////wAwrnFAAAAAAAASAQOAHRJ46qLVlllWjSYfUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBGh0A5lAgFzAwIDYAHrMQAAAYRhgA5lAgFzAwIDYAHrMQAAAYAAAADwCBCjKBCigeCQAyDEcBAAAA/gBMUDEzM1dYMi1UTEQxAME=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Wed Nov 10 09:26:37 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: LENOVO 2738L2G
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_DK.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
dmi.bios.date: 08/26/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6AET59WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: 2738L2G
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: LENOVO 6AET59WW
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: LENOVO 6AET59WW
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6AET59WW:bd08/26/2009:svnLENOVO:pn2738L2G:pvrThinkPadSL300:rvnLENOVO:rn2738L2G:rvrLENOVO6AET59WW:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLENOVO6AET59WW:
dmi.product.name: 2738L2G
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad SL300
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

I don't see evidence of this being an X bug, perhaps something kernel related?

[Markus Petersen (mafu)]

I have no idea. It might be, I just didn't know where to post the bug. From my point of view, it's "the system" in whole. :)

I still experience this every single day, it's quite frustrating. :/ I hope the bug can be found.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Markus,

If you could also please test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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