i915 driver flooded syslog
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
/var/log/syslog is
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 931165909 2006-10-10 21:48 syslog
It is flooded with messages like that:
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.956000] i915_emit_cmds(351)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.956000] i915_emit_cmds(354)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.956000] i915_emit_cmds(356)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.956000] i915_emit_cmds(359)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.956000] i915_emit_cmds(362)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.956000] validate_cmd( 66014140(3) ): 1
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.956000] i915_emit_cmds(365)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.956000] i915_emit_cmds(359)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(362)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] validate_cmd( 7d990000(3) ): 2
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(365)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(369)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(374)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(359)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(362)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] validate_cmd( 7d9a0000(3) ): 2
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(365)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(369)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(374)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(359)
Oct 10 10:47:40 localhost kernel: [17181891.960000] i915_emit_cmds(362)
the only thing I know is that a 3D screensaver was running...
ii linux-image-2.6.17 2.6.17-10.29 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.17 on i386
Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'linux-image-2.6'; however, that package was not published in Ubuntu.
/var/log/messages and /var/log/kern.log are similar. The excerpt above as actually from this morning but I had the exact same thing just at the end of the logs....
total wasted disk space: 3GB