[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
This bug report was filed against an old version of Ubuntu. Can you confirm whether this is still an issue in natty? If you don't mind, it would be very helpful if you could update the bug report in launchpad to 'Fix Released' if it is no longer an issue for you, or if it is still occurring under natty, please tag the bug 'natty' so it's easier for us to track. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = New ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 Title: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
After filing my last comment above, I moved to Debian Lenny on that machine, and so I no longer have easy access to Ubuntu. My newer machine (also Debian) doesn't even have nvidia hardware. Thus it's no longer a problem for me, but I have no idea if Fix Released is accurate, either. What's the appropriate thing to do? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 Title: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
Since the hardware is no longer available for doing troubleshooting with, we'll just close the bug for now. However please feel free to reopen if you or anyone else has the same HW and can reproduce this issue using the latest development version of Ubuntu and is willing to do some troubleshooting with it. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 Title: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
Bill Harris bill_har...@facilitatedsystems.com writes: How did you get your uptime up to 5 days? I have no idea; I didn't do anything special. I did accept any upgrades _except_ kernel upgrades, as I'm already on 2.6.31. Just for the record: my system locked up at between 6 and 7 days. I rebooted, and uptime is now 1.5 days. Bill -- Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 374-1845 -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
Dave Butcher davidgbutc...@gmail.com writes: well, wouldn't you know but my machine locked again today -- 3 days uptime. So I'm still nowhere. Bummer. How did you get your uptime up to 5 days? I have no idea; I didn't do anything special. I did accept any upgrades _except_ kernel upgrades, as I'm already on 2.6.31. Bill -- Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 374-1845 -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
Bill, well, wouldn't you know but my machine locked again today -- 3 days uptime. So I'm still nowhere. How did you get your uptime up to 5 days? Thanks, Dave 2009/11/17 Bill Harris bill_har...@facilitatedsystems.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Butcher davidgbutc...@gmail.com writes: you still with us? Dave, Thanks for the note. Yes, I am. I still have problems, but current uptime is almost 5 days. I'm hoping to get the time to try Karmic in the next week or two. I found this article answered my issues (Bug #466937) completely: http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/11/20/tips-and-tricks-why-does-xorgs- cpu-usage-shoot-up-when-using-nvidias-driver/ Just add the option OptionUseEvents true to the Device section of your xorg.conf Cool! That sounds easy. I have two displays, so I added it to each. I presume I need to restart X; I'll do that when I don't have so many windows open (or when Jaunty helps me in that regard :-) ). Thanks! Bill - -- Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 374-1845 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAksDb6UACgkQ3J3HaQTDvd+3fgCfUuVjJrLRkR1rDwTUtb3unN9+ PH8Ani/TKh6fQt/9YZ/rSVu6Lq0C3FFA =Pp3g -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
Hi Bill, you still with us? I found this article answered my issues (Bug #466937) completely: http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/11/20/tips-and-tricks-why-does-xorgs- cpu-usage-shoot-up-when-using-nvidias-driver/ Just add the option Option UseEvents true to the Device section of your xorg.conf HTH, Dave -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Butcher davidgbutc...@gmail.com writes: you still with us? Dave, Thanks for the note. Yes, I am. I still have problems, but current uptime is almost 5 days. I'm hoping to get the time to try Karmic in the next week or two. I found this article answered my issues (Bug #466937) completely: http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/11/20/tips-and-tricks-why-does-xorgs- cpu-usage-shoot-up-when-using-nvidias-driver/ Just add the option OptionUseEvents true to the Device section of your xorg.conf Cool! That sounds easy. I have two displays, so I added it to each. I presume I need to restart X; I'll do that when I don't have so many windows open (or when Jaunty helps me in that regard :-) ). Thanks! Bill - -- Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 374-1845 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAksDb6UACgkQ3J3HaQTDvd+3fgCfUuVjJrLRkR1rDwTUtb3unN9+ PH8Ani/TKh6fQt/9YZ/rSVu6Lq0C3FFA =Pp3g -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
** Tags added: jaunty -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg I had been having a Jaunty system freeze problem using the 173 NVIDIA binary driver, and I could generally only recover with Alt-SysReq REISUB. I couldn't access a console, because no consoles were available. That was not a problem until perhaps a month or two ago, and it seemed to get worse over time -- update problem? At its worst, it was freezing multiple times per day. Recently I switched back to the generic, open driver (actually, I tried to switch to Nouveau, but it failed and tossed me back to the generic driver, or so it said. Now it freezes less often -- perhaps every day or two. When it does freeze, I can access a virtual terminal. When running top, I've noticed that memory used is very large -- on the order of 3009700K -- essentially the entire 3GB my 32-bit OS can address. When I first observed that, Firefox 3.0.14 had ~8 zombie processes. I killed them and freed up perhaps 300MB. I could restart X, but it froze again, and this time I couldn't recover. At another freez, I killed FF first and then saw that xorg had all the memory (362m virt and 77m res, with 2770660K used overall. sudo kill (pid of xorg) restarts X, but then it goes back to the same memory usage immediately, even though I can get back into X. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace does the same as kill (pid of xorg). I've seen lots of complaints about Jaunty freezing, but I've not seen anything about it freezing because xorg uses all available memory. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 $ apt-cache policy xorg xorg: Installed: 1:7.4~5ubuntu18 Candidate: 1:7.4~5ubuntu18 Version table: *** 1:7.4~5ubuntu18 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu18 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-15-generic (bui...@palmer) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 18:40:08 UTC 2009 SourcePackage: xorg Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686 + + [lspci] + 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c) + Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc] + 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GS [10de:0425] (rev a1) + Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc] -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu) = nvidia-graphics- drivers-173 (Ubuntu) -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
In case it's of help, I've been running top in batch mode on a 15-minute interval to see if anything funny happens before a freeze. Here's one such trace from today. If there's another trace you need to help prioritize or debug this, just ask. I'm up to multiple freezes per day now and looking for any workaround to make the computer usable again. ** Attachment added: topout_2009-09-29.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32733877/topout_2009-09-29.txt -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
It froze again today (twice). After the first time, I killed FF to get enough memory to run xrestop. The attached xrestop.out and xtop.out are from that session. Then I killed and restarted X, and things ran for a while. An hour and a half later, it froze again. I was able to regain partial control by right-clicking on the FF icon in the bottom panel (if that gives me a popup, I can then switch to one window and use it. I can't get to another window unless I can repeat this process successfully), and I captured xrestop2.out and top2.out while FF was still running. These freezes do make the machine next to unusable, unfortunately. ** Attachment added: xrestop.out http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32492796/xrestop.out -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
** Attachment added: top.out http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32492807/top.out -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
** Attachment added: xrestop2.out http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32492825/xrestop2.out -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
** Attachment added: top2.out http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32492840/top2.out -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
I should have said above that These freezes do make the machine very challenging to use, unfortunately. My productivity is way down. Sorry for the misstatement -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) = xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu) -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
It crashed again overnight. While I couldn't figure out how to run xrestop from a virtual console, I did run top -b -d 2 -n 5 in case it helps. If you can tell me if I can run xrestop from a virtual console, I'll try that the next time it freezes. ** Attachment added: topoutput.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32257312/topoutput.txt -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 434416] Re: Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227706/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: LsHal.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227707/LsHal.txt ** Attachment added: LsMod.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227708/LsMod.txt ** Attachment added: LsPci.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227709/LsPci.txt ** Attachment added: XorgConf.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227710/XorgConf.txt ** Attachment added: XorgLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227711/XorgLog.txt ** Attachment added: XorgLogOld.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227712/XorgLogOld.txt ** Attachment added: Xrandr.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227713/Xrandr.txt ** Attachment added: glxinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227714/glxinfo.txt ** Attachment added: monitors.xml.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227715/monitors.xml.txt ** Attachment added: setxkbmap.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227716/setxkbmap.txt ** Attachment added: system.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227717/system.txt ** Attachment added: xdpyinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227718/xdpyinfo.txt ** Attachment added: xkbcomp.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32227719/xkbcomp.txt -- Xorg grabs all of RAM; UI appears frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
