Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4 [workaround]

[Joerg Desch]

My personal workaround...

yesterday, I had used GNOME3 Classic which reduced the freezes down to 
"every3 hours". ;-) Today morning, I've downgrades the kernel back to the 
previous version and I'm back to GNOME3 and Firefox for 2 hours now. No 
freeze so far...

What I've done is:

aptitude install linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64=3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4 linux-
headers-3.16.0-4-common=3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4  linux-headers-3.16.0-4-
amd64=3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4

Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[Intense Red]

> It now crashes /usr/bin/X after a minute or so of using iceweasel.

   I'm also getting the same type of random lockups though I haven't isolated 
it to Iceweasel (though FWIW, Iceweasel is typically running when it locks 
up).

   Like you, the system was rock solid until the 8.4 upgrade (which went 
smoothly); the xorg process turns zombie and this is with a box using a Radeon 
HD 4250.

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Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[Reco]

Hi.

On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 11:11:15AM +, Joerg Desch wrote:
> I have an extremely hard problem after upgrading Debian Jessie from 8.3 
> to 8.4 today. The system is a Dell Vostro with an AMD/ATI Turks PRO 
> [Radeon HD 7570]. The free radeon driver is used for X. Desktop is GNOME3. 
> The resolution is 25560x1440. I've used this resolution for about 3-4 
> weeks now.
> 
> After the upgrade (and a restart), the system freezes from one second to 
> the other. It seems to be independent from the used application.
> 
> As a work-around, I'm running GNOME classic now. Without the EGL 
> features, the desktop is running now. Currently I avoid using Firefox, 
> because I don't know if the renderer uses EGL.
> 
> Can someone help?

This is a known problem, see:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819881
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=817874

The only workaround I'm aware of is to downgrade the kernel to
3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4.

Reco

Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 14:52 +, Joerg Desch wrote:
> > You might want to file a bug if there isn't one open already.
> For the kernel-image package? Is the "radeon" stuff part of that
> package?

Yes, the drivers consist of several different parts, and this looks
like a problem in the kernel driver.

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Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[Joerg Desch]

Some additional information...

After the X-Crash, neither CTRL-ALT_F1 nor CRTL-ALT-DEL works. Even CRTL-
ALT-BACKSPACE doesn't work.

But I've tried ALT-PRINT-REISUB and the system reboots.

Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[Joerg Desch]

Am Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:21:09 +0200 schrieb Sven Arvidsson:

> 3.16 was mentioned later in the thread:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/9/373

OK. If I find some time, I will have a look at this.


> You might want to file a bug if there isn't one open already.

For the kernel-image package? Is the "radeon" stuff part of that package?

Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[David]

On 4 April 2016 at 21:11, Joerg Desch  wrote:
> I have an extremely hard problem after upgrading Debian Jessie from 8.3
> to 8.4 today. The system is a Dell Vostro with an AMD/ATI Turks PRO
> [Radeon HD 7570]. The free radeon driver is used for X. Desktop is GNOME3.
> The resolution is 25560x1440. I've used this resolution for about 3-4
> weeks now.
>
> After the upgrade (and a restart), the system freezes from one second to
> the other. It seems to be independent from the used application.

I am experiencing system lockups immediately after updating to Debian 8.4.
The system has behaved perfectly for months prior and it was fully
updated at 8.3 without any problem.

It runs LXDE on a Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 mainboard 2704665 with AMD FX6300
CPU and 8GB ECC RAM.

It now crashes /usr/bin/X after a minute or so of using iceweasel.

The problem occurred first without (and also persists with) package
amd64-microcode installed (I tried this because it was updated recently
to fix security issues with my cpu).

I hope someone will give some guidance here as to where I can usefully
report this, and/or suggest any other investigations a smart person
would take before doing so.

Thanks.

Details:

#-
# uname -a
Linux kablamm 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-1 (2016-03-06)
x86_64 GNU/Linux
#-
# lspci -nn | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
[AMD/ATI] RS780L [Radeon 3000] [1002:9616]
#-
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor: 0
vendor_id: AuthenticAMD
cpu family: 21
model: 2
model name: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
stepping: 0
microcode: 0x600081c
cpu MHz: 1400.000
cache size: 2048 KB
physical id: 0
siblings: 6
core id: 0
cpu cores: 3
apicid: 16
initial apicid: 0
fpu: yes
fpu_exception: yes
cpuid level: 13
wp: yes
flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext
fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc
extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1
sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic
cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt
lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb arat cpb
hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid
decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold vmmcall bmi1
bogomips: 7031.43
TLB size: 1536 4K pages
clflush size: 64
cache_alignment: 64
address sizes: 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro
[snip 5 more cores]
#-
# ps aux
USER   PID %CPU %MEMVSZ   RSS TTY  STAT START   TIME COMMAND
[snip]
root   777  0.6  0.0  0 0 tty7 Zsl+ 19:49   0:08
[Xorg] 
[snip]
#-
# cat /var/log/messages
[snip]
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.743233] PGD 0
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.743263] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.743313] Modules linked in:
nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables xt_tcpudp
ipt_REJ
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.744828] CPU: 2 PID: 783 Comm:
Xorg Not tainted 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-1
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.744932] Hardware name: System
manufacturer System Product Name/M5A78L-M/USB3, BIOS 1801
11/12/2013
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745050] task: 8800ca88ec60
ti: 880214a1 task.ti: 880214a1
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745143] RIP:
0010:[]  []
radeon_fence_ref+0xd/0x50 [radeon]
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745267] RSP:
0018:880214a13b18  EFLAGS: 00010292
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745339] RAX: 
RBX: 8800cf7855f8 RCX: 8800cf784d08
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745437] RDX: 0001
RSI:  RDI: 
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745527] RBP: 8800cf785550
R08: 8800cf784000 R09: 
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745624] R10: 0002
R11: 880214a13e08 R12: 0020
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745715] R13: 880214a13be0
R14: 880214a13bb0 R15: 8800cf7855f8
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745803] FS:
7f530b16a980() GS:88021ec8()
knlGS:
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745905] CS:  0010 DS:  ES:
 CR0: 80050033
Apr  4 20:41:37 kablamm kernel: [  521.745979] CR2: 0008
CR3: cb35c000 CR4: 

Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 11:41 +, Joerg Desch wrote:
> > Looks like it might be this:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/6/257
> The 3D part seems to be the correct location, but the mentioned
> kernel is 
> older.

3.16 was mentioned later in the thread:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/9/373

You might want to file a bug if there isn't one open already.

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Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[Joerg Desch]

Am Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:17:53 +0200 schrieb Sven Arvidsson:

> What kernel are you running? Looks like it might be this:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/6/257

The changlelog of the current kernel image pakcage lists these changes 
for "radeon":

- radeon/cik: Fix GFX IB test on Big-Endian
- radeon: Fix VCE ring test for Big-Endian systems
- radeon: Fix VCE IB test on Big-Endian systems

Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[Joerg Desch]

Am Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:17:53 +0200 schrieb Sven Arvidsson:

> On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 11:11 +, Joerg Desch wrote:
>> After the upgrade (and a restart), the system freezes from one second
>> to the other. It seems to be independent from the used application.
>> 
>> As a work-around, I'm running GNOME classic now. Without the EGL
>> features, the desktop is running now. Currently I avoid using Firefox,
>> because I don't know if the renderer uses EGL.
>> 
>> Can someone help?
> 
> 
> What kernel are you running?

3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-1 (2016-03-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux


> Looks like it might be this:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/6/257

The 3D part seems to be the correct location, but the mentioned kernel is 
older.


> If so, you could probably work around it by installing/booting an
> earlier kernel.

This was the last upgrade. How can I get a changelog (on the package web 
site there is now changelog available) and how can I downgrade to the 
previous package. Only linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64, linux-headers-3.16.0-4-
amd64 and linux-headers-3.16.0-4-common were updated.

Start-Date: 2016-04-04  06:26:37
Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade
Upgrade: subversion:amd64 (1.8.10-6+deb8u2, 1.8.10-6+deb8u3), apt:amd64 
(1.0.9.8.2, 1.0.9.8.3), multiarch-support:amd64 (2.19-18+deb8u3, 2.19-18
+deb8u4), linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64:amd64 (3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4, 3.16.7-
ckt25-1), libimage-magick-q16-perl:amd64 (6.8.9.9-5, 6.8.9.9-5+deb8u1), 
librsvg2-2:amd64 (2.40.5-1, 2.40.5-1+deb8u1), libgail18:amd64 (2.24.25-3, 
2.24.25-3+deb8u1), libpam0g:amd64 (1.1.8-3.1+deb8u1, 1.1.8-3.1+deb8u1
+b1), libsane-common:amd64 (1.0.24-8, 1.0.24-8+deb8u1), libc6-i686:i386 
(2.19-18+deb8u3, 2.19-18+deb8u4), libgif4:amd64 (4.1.6-11, 4.1.6-11
+deb8u1), libfglrx:amd64 (15.9-4~deb8u1, 15.9-4~deb8u2), apt-utils:amd64 
(1.0.9.8.2, 1.0.9.8.3), fglrx-atieventsd:amd64 (15.9-4~deb8u1, 
15.9-4~deb8u2), fglrx-control:amd64 (15.9-4~deb8u1, 15.9-4~deb8u2), 
libebml4:amd64 (1.3.0-2, 1.3.0-2+deb8u1), libgudev-1.0-0:amd64 (215-17
+deb8u3, 215-17+deb8u4), tzdata-java:amd64 (2015g-0+deb8u1, 2016c-0
+deb8u1), libc-dev-bin:amd64 (2.19-18+deb8u3, 2.19-18+deb8u4), libpam-
systemd:amd64 (215-17+deb8u3, 215-17+deb8u4), gtk2-engines-pixbuf:amd64 
(2.24.25-3, 2.24.25-3+deb8u1), libc-bin:amd64 (2.19-18+deb8u3, 2.19-18
+deb8u4), libc6:amd64 (2.19-18+deb8u3, 2.19-18+deb8u4), libc6:i386 
(2.19-18+deb8u3, 2.19-18+deb8u4), ruby:amd64 (2.1.5+deb8u1, 2.1.5
+deb8u2), libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.42.1-1, 2.42.1-1+b1), libsvn1:amd64 
(1.8.10-6+deb8u2, 1.8.10-6+deb8u3), amd64-microcode:amd64 (2.20141028.1, 
2.20160316.1~deb8u1), libglib2.0-dev:amd64 (2.42.1-1, 2.42.1-1+b1), 
libapt-inst1.5:amd64 (1.0.9.8.2, 1.0.9.8.3), libgtk2.0-bin:amd64 
(2.24.25-3, 2.24.25-3+deb8u1), libgtk2.0-common:amd64 (2.24.25-3, 
2.24.25-3+deb8u1), udev:amd64 (215-17+deb8u3, 215-17+deb8u4), base-
files:amd64 (8+deb8u3, 8+deb8u4), gir1.2-gtk-2.0:amd64 (2.24.25-3, 
2.24.25-3+deb8u1), gnupg:amd64 (1.4.18-7, 1.4.18-7+deb8u1), linux-
headers-3.16.0-4-amd64:amd64 (3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4, 3.16.7-ckt25-1), 
chromium:amd64 (49.0.2623.87-1~deb8u1, 49.0.2623.108-1~deb8u1), 
libsrtp0:amd64 (1.4.5~20130609~dfsg-1.1, 1.4.5~20130609~dfsg-1.1+deb8u1), 
initramfs-tools:amd64 (0.120, 0.120+deb8u1), libcairo-gobject2:amd64 
(1.14.0-2.1, 1.14.0-2.1+deb8u1), libpam-modules:amd64 (1.1.8-3.1+deb8u1, 
1.1.8-3.1+deb8u1+b1), libsndfile1:amd64 (1.0.25-9.1, 1.0.25-9.1+deb8u1), 
libcairo2:amd64 (1.14.0-2.1, 1.14.0-2.1+deb8u1), libudev-dev:amd64 (215-17
+deb8u3, 215-17+deb8u4), libudev1:amd64 (215-17+deb8u3, 215-17+deb8u4), 
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Re: System freezes after update to Jessie 8.4

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 11:11 +, Joerg Desch wrote:
> After the upgrade (and a restart), the system freezes from one second
> to 
> the other. It seems to be independent from the used application.
> 
> As a work-around, I'm running GNOME classic now. Without the EGL 
> features, the desktop is running now. Currently I avoid using
> Firefox, 
> because I don't know if the renderer uses EGL.
> 
> Can someone help?


What kernel are you running? Looks like it might be this: 
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/6/257

If so, you could probably work around it by installing/booting an
earlier kernel.

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