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[nvidia-glx] X hangs with NVidia error in kernel.log

Bug #83704 reported by Johan Walles
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Sometimes (once or twice a week perhaps?), X hangs for me. I can still move the mouse pointer around, but the rest of the screen has turned into a screenshot. The mouse pointer doesn't change shape when I move it over different stuff. I get no reaction from any keyboard commands like c-a-backspace or c-a-f1.

When this happens I can ssh in from another system and do "killall -9 Xorg". That makes gdb re-start the X server and everything is back to normal.

I get this in my kernel.log when this happens:

root@transwarp:/var/log # grep NVRM kern.log*|grep -v loading
kern.log:Feb 6 10:04:53 localhost kernel: [17617098.708000] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0000 0480 ff1076ff 0000f304 ff2299ff ff0055ff
kern.log:Feb 7 08:28:54 localhost kernel: [17697732.116000] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0000 041c ff0055ff 0000fdbc ff2299ff ff2299ff

This could potentially be a duplicate of bug 58019, but they don't mention any kernel messages in there, and I haven't seen any WAIT messages in my Xorg logs.

johan@transwarp:~$ lspci |grep -i nv
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200 (rev a1)

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Johan Walles (walles) wrote :

Got another one :-(. This is a lot more common than a couple of times a week now, recent kernel upgrade?:
Feb 7 13:22:29 localhost kernel: [17194824.560000] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0000 0480 ff2299ff 0000fd98 ff2299ff ff0055ff

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Johan Walles (walles) wrote :

johan@transwarp:/var/log$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.17-10-generic (root@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)) #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 22:28:26 UTC 2006 (Ubuntu 2.6.17-10.34-generic)

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mikko (mikko-) wrote :

dapper, kernel 2.6.15-28-386, but maybe same problem
graphics card nvidia fx 5200 agp

two times freeze in synaptic (why synaptic, all opengl-games are ok)

messages only in syslog, not kern.log or xorg.log:
Apr 14 22:36:39 localhost kernel: [17181186.504000] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0000 0400 00f5f3f0 000089e0 00000000 ffede8e4
Apr 14 22:39:47 localhost kernel: [17179569.184000] Linux version 2.6.15-28-386 (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 PREEMPT Tue Mar 13 20:49:31 UTC 2007

Apr 14 22:44:44 localhost kernel: [17179896.280000] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0000 0400 ff81756a 0000f834 fe406400 ca333231

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

Johan:
Uh oh - NVRM: Xids. Basically the only people who can help you decode what those mean are NVIDIA employees. Xids are generated when the binary nvidia driver spots something unexpected happening. These could be down to driver bugs but likewise they could be down to various hardware settings or conflicts.

Your best bet is to get in contact with NVIDIA (e.g. via http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14 ) although I suspect NVIDIA will want you to be running the very latest version of whatever driver supports your card before they will look at any particular issue...

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

(By the way Xids tend to be down to a particular combination of software and hardware. If you don't have an extremely similar XID to Johan's please check for a matching bug report elsewhere).

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

Joahn:
Can you take a look at Bug #109643 and try disabling powernowd (as described in that bug) then try rebooting so we can rule out CPU scaling as a cause?

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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mikko (mikko-) wrote :

Option "NvAGP" "0"

in xorg.conf fixed the problem in my machine. No freezes for three weeks.

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mikko (mikko-) wrote :

and maybe
Option "NvAGP" "1"
could be faster. I haven't tried yet. But this works only with AGP cards, I think.

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Johan Walles (walles) wrote :

johan@transwarp:~$ pstree|grep -i power
     |-gnome-power-man
johan@transwarp:~$

Doesn't seem to be running, so I can't disable it. Also, the symptoms in bug 109643 are different:
* I get syslog messages, they don't.
* My mouse pointer still works, theirs doesn't.
* My screen looks fine, theirs is garbled.
* They are on Feisty, I can't upgrade from Edgy because of bug 108098

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17:
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
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Patrick Salami (pat-entitycom) wrote :

This appears to be identical to bug 120347, correct?
I would have to assume in this case that the messages you find in your kernel log are not related to this problem at all, because in 120347, no messages were found.

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

freerik:
I doubt they are the same because 120347 is about Intel drivers whereas this is about NVIDIA drivers.

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

Ubuntu 6.10 is obsolete by now, so closing the bug as WONTFIX.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17:
status: New → Won't Fix
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