Bug#277309: xserver-xfree86: [nv] My X (and whole system) freeze/hangs, when scrolling program-menus or aterm etc.
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 10:10:49PM +0200, Per Blomqvist wrote: I'm sorry to tell you this, but that delta (4.1.0-16woody4 to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8) is so huge as to be useless for determining what precisely may have caused the regression. I'd like to request a couple more pieces of information: 1) Does turning XAA acceleration off prevent the problem from recurring? (Search for NoAccel in the XF86Config-4(5x) manual page.) NoAccel is in the nv manual, I use the default installed config file, with no options on that device. Are there any other bugreport that suspect exclusion of this option cause problem? (is it an option or not?) I don't understand your question. The nv(4x) manual page does document the NoAccel option, as does the XF86Config-4(5x) manual page. I am asking for this information because it will help obtain an answer to my question: Does turning XAA acceleration off prevent the problem from recurring?. If you add the specified option to the Device section of your XF86Config-4 file, XAA acceleration will be turned off. 2) Can you try various earlier versions in the 4.3.0.dfsg.1 release series to see if any of them rectify the problem? You can find these at snapshot.debian.net. Please start with the most recent prior to yours (-7) and work your way backwards. I often update my system, so.. the problem is in the latest version (4.3.0.dfsg.1-8). A little more description of the problem: If X didn't froze at first apps, it did froze within an hour, a stress test with an open aterm and just scroll dselect could cause it, also to froze. The problem have not reapeard since: I copied one single file nv_drv.o from the woody-relise (xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-16woody4_i386.deb), too the same path as the latest debian-sarge xserver-xfree86-4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 (that I still have installed). I didn't know about http://snapshot.debian.net though, I used http://packages.debian.org.. Okay. But as I said: I'm sorry to tell you this, but that delta (4.1.0-16woody4 to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8) is so huge as to be useless for determining what precisely may have caused the regression. Even narrowing it down to just the one file (nv_drv.o), the nv driver itself has greatly changed in the interim from 4.1.0-16woody4 to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8. If you could use versions of the xserver-xfree86 package from snapshot.debian.net to identify where the regression specifically took place, it would help us to track down this bug. Otherwise, we might not be able to resolve it. -- G. Branden Robinson|The best place to hide something is Debian GNU/Linux |in documentation. [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-- Ethan Benson http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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Bug#277309: xserver-xfree86: [nv] My X (and whole system) freeze/hangs, when scrolling program-menus or aterm etc.
retitle 277309 xserver-xfree86: [nv] system freezes when scrolling programs or terminal windows on NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] rev 178 tag 277309 + moreinfo upstream thanks On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:49:49PM +0200, Per Blomqvist wrote: TO THE POINT I copied the nv_drv.o from xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-16woody4_i386.deb, and the system have not froze/hang since. CONCLUSION The update of nv drivers of xserver-xfree86-4.3.0.dfsg.1-8, are buggy! I'm sorry to tell you this, but that delta (4.1.0-16woody4 to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8) is so huge as to be useless for determining what precisely may have caused the regression. I'd like to request a couple more pieces of information: 1) Does turning XAA acceleration off prevent the problem from recurring? (Search for NoAccel in the XF86Config-4(5x) manual page.) 2) Can you try various earlier versions in the 4.3.0.dfsg.1 release series to see if any of them rectify the problem? You can find these at snapshot.debian.net. Please start with the most recent prior to yours (-7) and work your way backwards. -- G. Branden Robinson| The last time the Republican Party Debian GNU/Linux | was on the right side of a social [EMAIL PROTECTED] | issue, Abe Lincoln was president. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Kirk Tofte signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#277309: xserver-xfree86: [nv] My X (and whole system) freeze/hangs, when scrolling program-menus or aterm etc.
Branden Robinson wrote: retitle 277309 xserver-xfree86: [nv] system freezes when scrolling programs or terminal windows on NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] rev 178 tag 277309 + moreinfo upstream thanks (fine.) On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:49:49PM +0200, Per Blomqvist wrote: TO THE POINT I copied the nv_drv.o from xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-16woody4_i386.deb, and the system have not froze/hang since. CONCLUSION The update of nv drivers of xserver-xfree86-4.3.0.dfsg.1-8, are buggy! I'm sorry to tell you this, but that delta (4.1.0-16woody4 to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8) is so huge as to be useless for determining what precisely may have caused the regression. I'd like to request a couple more pieces of information: 1) Does turning XAA acceleration off prevent the problem from recurring? (Search for NoAccel in the XF86Config-4(5x) manual page.) NoAccel is in the nv manual, I use the default installed config file, with no options on that device. Are there any other bugreport that suspect exclusion of this option cause problem? (is it an option or not?) 2) Can you try various earlier versions in the 4.3.0.dfsg.1 release series to see if any of them rectify the problem? You can find these at snapshot.debian.net. Please start with the most recent prior to yours (-7) and work your way backwards. I often update my system, so.. the problem is in the latest version (4.3.0.dfsg.1-8). A little more description of the problem: If X didn't froze at first apps, it did froze within an hour, a stress test with an open aterm and just scroll dselect could cause it, also to froze. The problem have not reapeard since: I copied one single file nv_drv.o from the woody-relise (xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-16woody4_i386.deb), too the same path as the latest debian-sarge xserver-xfree86-4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 (that I still have installed). I didn't know about http://snapshot.debian.net though, I used http://packages.debian.org.. -- Mvh, Per Blomqvist Web: http://phoohb.shellkonto.se Telnr: +46 70-3355632
Bug#277309: xserver-xfree86: [nv] My X (and whole system) freeze/hangs, when scrolling program-menus or aterm etc.
Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Severity: normal Hello, Im debian-sarge user, GeForce (nv) video. My X froze/hangs sometimes, after a apt-update the 12-October. (I first submitted a bug to aterm Bug#276321, that I didn't get any respond to, and was this morning closed by the maintainer). I have also posted some messages on mailing list: linux.debian.user.swedish (Swedish language). I had a program called root-tail (a program that show all changes of logfiles, into the wallpaper/background of X) open when the the system froze, BUT there was never any changes in any logfiles. And I have now reinstalled my whole Debian-system, BUT the problem remained. It was okay on stable-woody distro though, but not on sarge and sid. ( I had little hard to tracking down this problem.. because I had a aptsource problem also, so there was loads of stuff installed the day of 12-oktober, blah.. ) TO THE POINT I copied the nv_drv.o from xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-16woody4_i386.deb, and the system have not froze/hang since. CONCLUSION The update of nv drivers of xserver-xfree86-4.3.0.dfsg.1-8, are buggy! -- Package-specific info: Contents of /var/lib/xfree86/X.roster: xserver-xfree86 /etc/X11/X target unchanged from checksum in /var/lib/xfree86/X.md5sum. X server symlink status: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Oct 17 16:04 /etc/X11/X - /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1745484 Sep 28 14:09 /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 Contents of /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.roster: xserver-xfree86 VGA-compatible devices on PCI bus: :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2) /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum does not exist. XFree86 X server configuration file status: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3260 Oct 19 00:32 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Contents of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4: ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type man XF86Config-4 at the shell prompt.) # # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes # before the ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION line above, and/or after the # ### END DEBCONF SECTION line below. # # To change things within the debconf section, run the command: # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 # as root. Also see How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file? in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi EndSection Section Module LoadGLcore Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc Loaddri Loadextmod Loadfreetype Loadglx Loadint10 Loadpex5 Loadrecord Loadspeedo Loadtype1 Loadvbe Loadxie # Loadxtt EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout se # Option XkbVariantse EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option SendCoreEventstrue Option Device/dev/input/mice Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card # Driver vga Driver nv EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Generic Monitor HorizSync 28-49 VertRefresh 43-72 Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device Generic Video Card Monitor Generic Monitor
