Things froze up today again using the mainline kernel 2.6.33-020633rc8-generic. I hit k this time, X was killed and I got to login again. So at a guess, this is maybe an X issue not a kernel one. [15804.691534] SysRq : Emergency Sync [15804.691654] Emergency Sync complete [15807.464278] SysRq : Show Memory [15807.464291] Mem-Info: [15807.464296] DMA per-cpu: [15807.464302] CPU 0: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 [15807.464307] CPU 1: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 [15807.464311] Normal per-cpu: [15807.464317] CPU 0: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 139 [15807.464322] CPU 1: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 177 [15807.464326] HighMem per-cpu: [15807.464331] CPU 0: hi: 42, btch: 7 usd: 11 [15807.464337] CPU 1: hi: 42, btch: 7 usd: 31 [15807.464349] active_anon:83558 inactive_anon:439 isolated_anon:0 [15807.464352] active_file:25305 inactive_file:103751 isolated_file:0 [15807.464354] unevictable:0 dirty:3 writeback:0 unstable:0 [15807.464357] free:29210 slab_reclaimable:3972 slab_unreclaimable:3176 [15807.464360] mapped:19517 shmem:11210 pagetables:929 bounce:0 [15807.464376] DMA free:8252kB min:64kB low:80kB high:96kB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:15812kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:0kB shmem:0kB slab_reclaimable:0kB slab_unreclaimable:0kB kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:0kB unstable:0 kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? yes [15807.464389] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 865 988 988 [15807.464410] Normal free:108352kB min:3728kB low:4660kB high:5592kB active_anon:332476kB inactive_anon:228kB active_file:68584kB inactive_file:324248kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:885944kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:33416kB shmem:44508kB slab_reclaimable:15888kB slab_unreclaimable:12704kB kernel_stack:2480kB pagetables:3608kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no [15807.464424] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 986 986 [15807.464443] HighMem free:236kB min:128kB low:260kB high:392kB active_anon:1756kB inactive_anon:1528kB active_file:32636kB inactive_file:90756kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:126324kB mlocked:0kB dirty:12kB writeback:0kB mapped:44652kB shmem:332kB slab_reclaimable:0kB slab_unreclaimable:0kB kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:108kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no [15807.464456] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 [15807.464465] DMA: 3*4kB 4*8kB 3*16kB 5*32kB 3*64kB 3*128kB 3*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 1*2048kB 1*4096kB = 8252kB [15807.464488] Normal: 1024*4kB 198*8kB 423*16kB 231*32kB 135*64kB 54*128kB 13*256kB 2*512kB 1*1024kB 1*2048kB 16*4096kB = 108352kB [15807.464511] HighMem: 7*4kB 26*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 236kB [15807.464533] 140267 total pagecache pages [15807.464538] 0 pages in swap cache [15807.464542] Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0 [15807.464547] Free swap = 2971984kB [15807.464551] Total swap = 2971984kB [15807.468008] 259328 pages RAM [15807.468008] 32002 pages HighMem [15807.468008] 5741 pages reserved [15807.468008] 138750 pages shared [15807.468008] 162996 pages non-shared [15809.191613] SysRq : Nice All RT Tasks [15809.738380] SysRq : Show backtrace of all active CPUs [15809.738393] sending NMI to all CPUs: [15809.738404] NMI backtrace for cpu 1 [15809.738409] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev tun sit xfrm_user xfrm4_tunnel tunnel4 ipcomp xfrm_ipcomp esp4 ah4 deflate zlib_deflate ctr twofish twofish_common camellia serpent blowfish cast5 des_generic aes_i586 aes_generic xcbc rmd160 sha512_generic sha256_generic sha1_generic crypto_null af_key snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec fbcon tileblit font snd_hwdep bitblit snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss softcursor snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy arc4 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq joydev snd_timer snd_seq_device i915 ath5k drm_kms_helper snd drm mac80211 ath i2c_algo_bit soundcore intel_agp agpgart sdhci_pci snd_page_alloc video sdhci lp jmb38x_ms acerhdf cfg80211 psmouse memstick output led_class serio_raw parport r8169 mii [15809.738571] [15809.738580] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.33-020633rc8-generic #020633rc8 /AOA150 [15809.738589] EIP: 0060:[] EFLAGS: 00000093 CPU: 1 [15809.738604] EIP is at acpi_idle_do_entry+0x22/0x2b [15809.738611] EAX: f70ff4c0 EBX: f70ff01c ECX: 3b9aca00 EDX: 00000416 [15809.738619] ESI: f70ff01c EDI: f70ff4c0 EBP: f707df60 ESP: f707df60 [15809.738627] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [15809.738636] Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f707c000 task=f705e580 task.ti=f707c000) [15809.738642] Stack: [15809.738647] f707df88 c0389197 c6b4c433 1192a9e4 f70ff000 00000001 00000000 f70ff134 [15809.738664] <0> f70ff01c 00000000 f707df98 c049119e c07de884 00000001 f707dfb0 c0101bb4 [15809.738682] <0> 35f9d115 16391dc4 01020800 00000000 f707dfb8 c0592fce 00000000 00000000 [15809.738702] Call Trace: [15809.738713] [] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x138/0x1d1 [15809.738726] [] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x6e/0xf0 [15809.738737] [] ? cpu_idle+0x84/0xc0 [15809.738748] [] ? start_secondary+0xae/0xd0 [15809.738754] Code: c0 01 00 00 00 5d 31 c0 c3 55 8a 50 08 89 e5 80 fa 01 75 07 e8 03 63 d9 ff eb 17 80 fa 02 75 07 e8 d0 fe ff ff eb 0b 8b 50 04 ec <8b> 15 d8 0d 90 c0 ed 5d c3 55 89 e5 e8 60 e9 20 00 5d c3 55 89 [15809.738866] Call Trace: [15809.738875] [] acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x138/0x1d1 [15809.738885] [] cpuidle_idle_call+0x6e/0xf0 [15809.738894] [] cpu_idle+0x84/0xc0 [15809.738904] [] start_secondary+0xae/0xd0 [15809.738913] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.33-020633rc8-generic #020633rc8 [15809.738919] Call Trace: [15809.738927] [] ? show_regs+0x20/0x30 [15809.738937] [] nmi_watchdog_tick+0x177/0x1a0 [15809.738947] [] default_do_nmi+0x5e/0x1a0 [15809.738957] [] do_nmi+0x5f/0x70 [15809.738966] [] nmi_stack_correct+0x2f/0x34 [15809.738978] [] ? sysctl_check_table+0x208/0x2b0 [15809.738989] [] ? acpi_idle_do_entry+0x22/0x2b [15809.738998] [] acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x138/0x1d1 [15809.739009] [] cpuidle_idle_call+0x6e/0xf0 [15809.739018] [] cpu_idle+0x84/0xc0 [15809.739027] [] start_secondary+0xae/0xd0 [15809.739035] NMI backtrace for cpu 0 [15809.739040] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev tun sit xfrm_user xfrm4_tunnel tunnel4 ipcomp xfrm_ipcomp esp4 ah4 deflate zlib_deflate ctr twofish twofish_common camellia serpent blowfish cast5 des_generic aes_i586 aes_generic xcbc rmd160 sha512_generic sha256_generic sha1_generic crypto_null af_key snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec fbcon tileblit font snd_hwdep bitblit snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss softcursor snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy arc4 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq joydev snd_timer snd_seq_device i915 ath5k drm_kms_helper snd drm mac80211 ath i2c_algo_bit soundcore intel_agp agpgart sdhci_pci snd_page_alloc video sdhci lp jmb38x_ms acerhdf cfg80211 psmouse memstick output led_class serio_raw parport r8169 mii [15809.739153] [15809.739160] Pid: 3296, comm: Xorg Not tainted 2.6.33-020633rc8-generic #020633rc8 /AOA150 [15809.739167] EIP: 0060:[] EFLAGS: 00203006 CPU: 0 [15809.739176] EIP is at __const_udelay+0x21/0x30 [15809.739181] EAX: 01062560 EBX: 00000001 ECX: 01390000 EDX: 17983688 [15809.739187] ESI: 00000000 EDI: 0000006c EBP: eeb57d80 ESP: eeb57d80 [15809.739193] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [15809.739200] Process Xorg (pid: 3296, ti=eeb56000 task=eea44c20 task.ti=eeb56000) [15809.739205] Stack: [15809.739209] eeb57d90 c0121fc1 c06e92ea c07bac40 eeb57d98 c03b4738 eeb57dc0 c03b459b [15809.739222] <0> c072766a c073a744 f6ae2000 00000004 00203092 f6ae2000 0000006c 00000001 [15809.739236] <0> eeb57dd0 c03b46b8 f6ae2000 00000026 eeb57e18 c03ac1bd 00203096 00d8b5a7 [15809.739251] Call Trace: [15809.739261] [] ? arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace+0x41/0x60 [15809.739271] [] ? sysrq_handle_showallcpus+0x8/0x10 [15809.739279] [] ? __handle_sysrq+0x7b/0x120 [15809.739287] [] ? handle_sysrq+0x28/0x40 [15809.739295] [] ? kbd_keycode+0x2cd/0x4e0 [15809.739304] [] ? kbd_event+0x85/0xe0 [15809.739311] [] ? kbd_event+0x0/0xe0 [15809.739320] [] ? input_pass_event+0x6e/0x70 [15809.739329] [] ? input_handle_event+0x79/0x310 [15809.739337] [] ? input_event+0x5f/0x70 [15809.739346] [] ? atkbd_interrupt+0x423/0x570 [15809.739355] [] ? serio_interrupt+0x38/0x80 [15809.739363] [] ? i8042_interrupt+0x1b4/0x260 [15809.739372] [] ? lapic_timer_broadcast+0x11/0x20 [15809.739380] [] ? tick_do_broadcast+0x43/0x70 [15809.739388] [] ? tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast+0xef/0x100 [15809.739398] [] ? handle_IRQ_event+0x56/0x120 [15809.739407] [] ? handle_edge_irq+0xc7/0x130 [15809.739415] [] ? handle_irq+0x1a/0x30 [15809.739423] [] ? do_IRQ+0x46/0xc0 [15809.739430] [] ? common_interrupt+0x30/0x40 [15809.739436] Code: 2c 7b c0 5d c3 90 8d 74 26 00 64 8b 0d 50 2a 87 c0 8b 0c 8d 40 e6 7d c0 c1 e0 02 ba 80 86 87 c0 55 89 e5 6b 94 0a 98 00 00 00 3e e2 8d 42 01 e8 c5 ff ff ff 5d c3 8d 76 00 55 89 e5 57 56 53 [15809.739520] Call Trace: [15809.739528] [] arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace+0x41/0x60 [15809.739537] [] sysrq_handle_showallcpus+0x8/0x10 [15809.739544] [] __handle_sysrq+0x7b/0x120 [15809.739552] [] handle_sysrq+0x28/0x40 [15809.739560] [] kbd_keycode+0x2cd/0x4e0 [15809.739568] [] kbd_event+0x85/0xe0 [15809.739575] [] ? kbd_event+0x0/0xe0 [15809.739583] [] input_pass_event+0x6e/0x70 [15809.739591] [] input_handle_event+0x79/0x310 [15809.739600] [] input_event+0x5f/0x70 [15809.739608] [] atkbd_interrupt+0x423/0x570 [15809.739616] [] serio_interrupt+0x38/0x80 [15809.739624] [] i8042_interrupt+0x1b4/0x260 [15809.739632] [] ? lapic_timer_broadcast+0x11/0x20 [15809.739640] [] ? tick_do_broadcast+0x43/0x70 [15809.739648] [] ? tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast+0xef/0x100 [15809.739656] [] handle_IRQ_event+0x56/0x120 [15809.739665] [] handle_edge_irq+0xc7/0x130 [15809.739672] [] handle_irq+0x1a/0x30 [15809.739680] [] do_IRQ+0x46/0xc0 [15809.739687] [] common_interrupt+0x30/0x40 [15809.739695] Pid: 3296, comm: Xorg Not tainted 2.6.33-020633rc8-generic #020633rc8 [15809.739700] Call Trace: [15809.739706] [] ? show_regs+0x20/0x30 [15809.739714] [] nmi_watchdog_tick+0x177/0x1a0 [15809.739722] [] default_do_nmi+0x5e/0x1a0 [15809.739730] [] do_nmi+0x5f/0x70 [15809.739737] [] nmi_stack_correct+0x2f/0x34 [15809.739746] [] ? __const_udelay+0x21/0x30 [15809.739754] [] arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace+0x41/0x60 [15809.739763] [] sysrq_handle_showallcpus+0x8/0x10 [15809.739770] [] __handle_sysrq+0x7b/0x120 [15809.739778] [] handle_sysrq+0x28/0x40 [15809.739786] [] kbd_keycode+0x2cd/0x4e0 [15809.739794] [] kbd_event+0x85/0xe0 [15809.739801] [] ? kbd_event+0x0/0xe0 [15809.739809] [] input_pass_event+0x6e/0x70 [15809.739817] [] input_handle_event+0x79/0x310 [15809.739825] [] input_event+0x5f/0x70 [15809.739833] [] atkbd_interrupt+0x423/0x570 [15809.739842] [] serio_interrupt+0x38/0x80 [15809.739850] [] i8042_interrupt+0x1b4/0x260 [15809.739858] [] ? lapic_timer_broadcast+0x11/0x20 [15809.739866] [] ? tick_do_broadcast+0x43/0x70 [15809.739873] [] ? tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast+0xef/0x100 [15809.739882] [] handle_IRQ_event+0x56/0x120 [15809.739890] [] handle_edge_irq+0xc7/0x130 [15809.739898] [] handle_irq+0x1a/0x30 [15809.739905] [] do_IRQ+0x46/0xc0 [15809.739913] [] common_interrupt+0x30/0x40 [15810.078153] SysRq : SAK [15810.078191] SAK: killed process 3296 (Xorg): task_session(p)==tty->session [15810.078380] SAK: killed process 3296 (Xorg): task_session(p)==tty->session