[x1250] X server crashes on rotation in xf86ResizeOffscreenLinear+0x3b

Fresh bits installed 9/30 from daily image of Intrepid, onto a Dell Latitude XT (ATI x1250 GPU, IIRC).

   xrandr -o left; xrandr -o normal; xrandr -o left

Crashes the X server.

Hi Jim, thanks.

Backtrace:
0: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x79) [0x80c3069]
1: [0xb806b400]
2: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86ResizeOffscreenLinear+0x3b) [0x80c871b]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so [0xb7ad7f77]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so [0xb7afd15e]
5: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86CrtcRotate+0x328) [0x80f40c8]
6: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86CrtcSetMode+0x403) [0x80eb243]
7: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x80f2582]
8: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(RRCrtcSet+0x96) [0x816ce96]
9: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(ProcRRSetScreenConfig+0x4db) [0x8171f1b]
10: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x816b5a5]
11: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(Dispatch+0x34f) [0x808c91f]
12: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(main+0x47d) [0x8071d8d]
13: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7c75685]
14: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x8071171]
Saw signal 11. Server aborting.
(II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Video Bus: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Video Bus: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) UnloadModule: "wacom"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
Output 23 disable success
Blank CRTC 0 success
Disable CRTC 0 success
Blank CRTC 1 success
Disable CRTC 1 success
(II) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMemMapRegisters() :
(II) RADEON(0): MC_FB_LOCATION : 0x7fff7000 0x7fff7000
(II) RADEON(0): MC_AGP_LOCATION : 0x00000000
(II) RADEON(0): avivo_restore !
Enable CRTC 0 success
Unblank CRTC 0 success

I did not reproduce the issue on a Dell XPS 1640 with an HD 3670 [1002:95:93]

There's two places in the -ati source where xf86ResizeOffscreenLinear gets called. It would be very useful to see a full backtrace on this crash, to see what values are getting passed across and which of the two paths are getting executed.

Would you mind reproducing this crash and collecting a full backtrace? Directions to do this are at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Backtracing. Basically, install xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg andxserver-xorg-core-dbg, run Xorg from either the console or an ssh session, and do 'backtrace full' at the gdb prompt after making it crash. Thanks ahead of time!

Unfortunately, having set up for debugging, I get a crash if running normally, and a black screen (but the X server living on) when running attached from gdb...

Sigh... I tried...

Hi Jim,

I've forwarded the bug upstream to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17859. Would you mind subscribing to that bug in case they need additional information or wish you to test something?

Worse comes to worse, we can just patch up the driver with some print statements to see what's going on, but let's see what upstream has to say; they may already be able to discern the issue based on the limited backtrace.

I don't know if it is the same, but on my system with an HD3200 only running xrandr -o left freezes the whole system.

Here's a version of the driver with some print statements. This might help give us more info - it prints out to Xorg.0.log. Install it, restart X, reproduce the crash, and post the resulting Xorg.0.log here.

http://www.bryceharrington.org/ubuntu/Ati/ *bug276782*deb

OK, here it is.

Note, in one rotation, before crashing, (xrandr -o right), the frame buffer origin was in the wrong
location. (top left origin of the screen was most of the way across the screen).

Thanks, unfortunately that log doesn't have the crash nor any of the new debug statements; perhaps there's another log?

Try grep xf86ResizeOffscreenLinear /var/log/X*

Do you also have 64 bit packages? Or should I open a different bug?

@Wouter - Here you are:

http://www.bryceharrington.org/ubuntu/Ati/ *~bug276782_amd64.deb

Ok, here are my log files with the debug debs and a screenshot of when the pc freezes.

grep xf86ResizeOffscreenLinear /var/log/X* returns nothing for me.

Wouter, were you ever getting the crash in xf86ResizeOffscreenLinear error that jg was? If not, then maybe you're seeing a different bug.

As the whole system freezes and I don't get any output at all, I can't tell. I don't see that error message in xorg.0.log so I guess I should open a different bug then.

Wouter: I have an onboard radeon hd3200 and here it freezes the whole system, too. Let's open a new bug.

Ah, there is already a bug. Only for the log: Bug 277831

I have a similar problem:
...
II) RADEON(0): Output: DVI-0, Detected Monitor Type: 0
(II) RADEON(0): Output: S-video, Detected Monitor Type: 0

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x79) [0x80c3009]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: [0xffffe420]
3: /usr/bin/X(WriteToClient+0x128) [0x8133668]
4: /usr/bin/X(ProcGetImage+0x5d1) [0x808a7d1]
5: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0x34f) [0x808c89f]
6: /usr/bin/X(main+0x47d) [0x8071d1d]
7: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7b30685]
8: /usr/bin/X [0x8071101]
Saw signal 11. Server aborting.

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Hi Jim,

This bug was reported against an earlier version of Ubuntu, can you
test if it still occurs on Lucid?

Please note we also provide technical support for older versions of
Ubuntu, but not in the bug tracker. Instead, to raise the issue through
normal support channels, please see:

    http://www.ubuntu.com/support

If you are the original reporter and can still reproduce the issue on
Lucid, please run the following command to refresh the report:

  apport-collect 276782

If you are not the original reporter, please file a new bug report, so
we can work with you as the original reporter instead (you can reference
bug 276782 in your report if you think it may be related):

  ubuntu-bug xorg

If by chance you can no longer reproduce the issue on Lucid or if you
feel it is no longer relevant, please mark the bug report 'Fix Released'
or 'Invalid' as appropriate, at the following URL:

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Bryce,

When I tried Beta 1 on this machine, I was able to install with kms disabled only. Didn't think to try rotation.

Beta 2 wouldn't even install either ums or kms.

I haven't tried to install the final release. I might or might not be able to try to do that next week (I'm travelling, and don't have that machine with me); won't be back before the weekend.

I'm not sure where to post this, but I've been switching yesterday from Karmic to Lucid (upgrade of Kubuntu) and I have a X1250 on a Medion E1315 netbook (1366x768). I noticed serious instability after upgrading. VT switching crashed X and trying to run KRandR crashed X immediately on startup of KRandR. On Karmic, I had KMS swithed on (at least I never did anything to switch it off), and no regular crashes, but on Lucid, X was too unstable. I switched kernel mode setting off by adding options radeon modesetting=0 in /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf and running update-initramfs -u afterwards. This solved all the stability problems. I've not seen a single crash after that. It seems that X is even faster than before.

What I wonder about is why KMS is enabled on ATI if there are still so many problems with it. X on an Ubuntu desktop should be (almost) completely crash-free. You know, the very reason why I use Linux and not Windows is that Windows always crashed in the video drivers...

Bryce,

A cursory test showed rotation working on the Dell Latitude XT with the 10.04 release.

The RS600 in the Dell does not work with KMS; at least I'm back to where I was in Beta 1, and was able to install, but also with working rotation. I'll probably give it a better workout over the weekend than the trivial testing I did.

My daughter is now using that machine much more than I would, so at least it will get a work out.

closing, since it appears to be fixed.