Running 3.2.0-55-generic, my system again hung this morning but the evidence is increasingly pointing to either the X server (Xorg) or the video device driver as the culprit.
As earlier, the keyboard became non-responsive (except the kernel magic keys) and the mouse nearly non-responsive, the mouse cursor moving in hesitant steps as the mouse was moved. I logged into the system from another machine on the LAN to examine the running processes. avconv was converting a video file (68% CPU), kworker/1:0 was consuming 62%, and Xorg 52% on this Intel Core2 T5500 dual core mobile CPU. Suspecting the X server from earlier observations, I examined its log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log): ... [ 41368.758] [mi] EQ overflowing. Additional events will be discarded until existing events are processed. [ 41368.772] Backtrace: [ 41369.118] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x37) [0xe3e837] [ 41369.118] 1: /usr/bin/X (mieqEnqueue+0x223) [0xe1cb83] [ 41369.118] 2: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x4ccd5) [0xd02cd5] [ 41369.118] 3: /usr/bin/X (xf86PostMotionEventM+0xf9) [0xd43d99] [ 41369.118] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0x40e000+0x3c3d) [0x411c3d] [ 41369.118] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0x40e000+0x524f) [0x41324f] [ 41369.118] 6: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x78381) [0xd2e381] [ 41369.118] 7: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x9fce8) [0xd55ce8] [ 41369.118] 8: (vdso) (__kernel_sigreturn+0x0) [0x1cf400] [ 41369.118] 9: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x18cad0) [0xe42ad0] [ 41369.118] 10: (vdso) (__kernel_sigreturn+0x0) [0x1cf400] [ 41369.118] 11: (vdso) (__kernel_vsyscall+0x2) [0x1cf416] [ 41369.118] 12: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (ioctl+0x19) [0x85a949] [ 41369.118] 13: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdrm.so.2 (drmIoctl+0x34) [0x2b79a4] [ 41369.118] 14: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdrm.so.2 (drmCommandNone+0x31) [0x2ba431] [ 41369.119] 15: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x47e000+0xa705e) [0x52505e] [ 41369.119] 16: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0x51b8) [0x3fa1b8] [ 41369.119] 17: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0x5614) [0x3fa614] [ 41369.119] 18: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0x56c8) [0x3fa6c8] [ 41369.119] 19: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (exaMoveOutPixmap+0x4c) [0x3f8e2c] [ 41369.119] 20: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0x5511) [0x3fa511] [ 41369.119] 21: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0xca1e) [0x401a1e] [ 41369.119] 22: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (exaOffscreenAlloc+0x20c) [0x401c4c] [ 41369.119] 23: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0x5a23) [0x3faa23] [ 41369.119] 24: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0x61b2) [0x3fb1b2] [ 41369.119] 25: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0x3d1f) [0x3f8d1f] [ 41369.119] 26: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0xe4a1) [0x4034a1] [ 41369.119] 27: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x3f5000+0xf092) [0x404092] [ 41369.119] 28: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x10d40b) [0xdc340b] [ 41369.119] 29: /usr/bin/X (CompositePicture+0x21e) [0xdb5efe] [ 41369.119] 30: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x10538c) [0xdbb38c] [ 41369.119] 31: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x1007f1) [0xdb67f1] [ 41369.119] 32: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x3791d) [0xced91d] [ 41369.119] 33: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x2535a) [0xcdb35a] [ 41369.119] 34: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0x78c4d3] [ 41369.119] 35: /usr/bin/X (0xcb6000+0x25699) [0xcdb699] [ 41369.119] [mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to a culprit higher up the stack. [ 41369.119] [mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause. It is a victim. ... These backtrace dumps repeated until the system was forcibly rebooted using the kernel R-E-I-S-U-B magic key sequence. The X server ignored signals HUP (1), TERM (15) and KILL (9). How shall we proceed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1223055 Title: System Hangs With Kernel Migration Processes Consuming 100% CPU Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Once or twice a week, the system becomes non-responsive, with the mouse cursor tracking mouse movement but no keyboard response. Until today I would resort to using the kernel magic keys to reboot the system (R-E-I-S-U-B). Today I remotely logged in from another machine on the LAN and discovered that not only was the kernel alive and all processes running, but that the "migration/0" and "migration/1" processes were consuming 50% of the CPU each, as reported by top(1). I suspect this is why the system becomes non-responsive. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-generic 3.2.0.53.63 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-53.81-generic 3.2.50 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-53-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: andy 2195 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: andy 2195 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xee400000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981' Components : 'HDA:11d41981,17aa2025,00100200' Controls : 21 Simple ctrls : 12 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x804'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x804 at usb-0000:00:1d.7-6.2.2, high speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB046d:0804' Controls : 2 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum Capture channels: Mono Limits: Capture 0 - 6144 Mono: Capture 4608 [75%] [24.00dB] [on] Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 79HT50WW-1.07' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 79HT50WW-1.07' Components : '' Controls : 2 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 14 Mono: Playback 7 [50%] [on] Date: Mon Sep 9 16:56:22 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5301c707-e227-46f3-8b49-a319582091a4 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) MachineType: LENOVO 8743CTO MarkForUpload: True PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-53-generic root=UUID=a9ba509e-76a3-4c03-b898-0409f24233eb ro quiet splash nomodeset vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-53-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-53-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.6 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/05/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7IET32WW (1.13 ) dmi.board.name: 8743CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7IET32WW(1.13):bd02/05/2008:svnLENOVO:pn8743CTO:pvrThinkPadT60:rvnLENOVO:rn8743CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 8743CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T60 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1223055/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp