I have the exact same problem after installing a fresh version of 17.10 with Xubuntu on 2 laptops with the same graphics card running the i915-driver. It happens randomly. The desktop just freezes for some seconds. Previously running 16.04 with no problem.
Kernel: 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.2.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.31) Machine: Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 6910p v: B.58 serial: N/A Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 30BE v: KBC Version 68.36 serial: N/A BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68MCU Ver. B.58 date: 10/26/2009 CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T7100 (-MCP-) arch: Conroe rev.13 cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7181 clock speeds: max: 1801 MHz 1: 1795 MHz 2: 1795 MHz Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) bus-ID: 00:02.0 Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.5 ) drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.00hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM version: 2.1 Mesa 17.2.2 Direct Render: Yes DMESG ========= WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 753 at /build/linux-KM2a5S/linux-4.13.0/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vblank.c:1090 drm_wait_one_vblank+0x19b/0x1b0 [drm] Modules linked in: bnep pata_pcmcia coretemp snd_hda_codec_hdmi kvm snd_hda_codec_analog snd_hda_codec_generic pcmcia snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec yenta_socket input_leds irqbypass snd_hda_core snd_hwdep arc4 joydev btusb btrtl serio_raw pcmcia_rsrc snd_pcm btbcm btintel pcmcia_core snd_seq_midi bluetooth hp_wmi snd_seq_midi_event iwl4965 wmi_bmof sparse_keymap snd_rawmidi ecdh_generic snd_seq iwlegacy mac80211 lpc_ich snd_seq_device snd_timer cfg80211 snd soundcore shpchp smsc_ircc2 irda tpm_infineon hp_accel lis3lv02d input_polldev mac_hid parport_pc ppdev lp parport ip_tables x_tables autofs4 firewire_ohci firewire_core ahci libahci i915 pata_acpi sdhci_pci sdhci crc_itu_t e1000e psmouse ptp pps_core i2c_algo_bit wmi drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect video sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm CPU: 1 PID: 753 Comm: Xorg Tainted: G W 4.13.0-17-generic #20-Ubuntu Hardware name: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6910p/30BE, BIOS 68MCU Ver. B.58 10/26/2009 task: ffff9af6f5e0c200 task.stack: ffffa980c0af4000 RIP: 0010:drm_wait_one_vblank+0x19b/0x1b0 [drm] RSP: 0018:ffffa980c0af7978 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 000000000000001f RBX: ffff9af6b4700000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9af6ff50dc78 RDI: ffff9af6ff50dc78 RBP: ffffa980c0af79d8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00000000000006b8 R10: ffffa980c0af7978 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 0000000000000170 R14: 000000001d00094a R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f96d65b0a40(0000) GS:ffff9af6ff500000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f030db25000 CR3: 00000000769cd000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Call Trace: ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80 intel_get_load_detect_pipe+0x5c6/0x640 [i915] intel_tv_detect+0x145/0x4d0 [i915] ? __i2c_transfer+0x11d/0x400 ? __ww_mutex_lock_slowpath+0x16/0x20 drm_helper_probe_detect+0x4d/0x90 [drm_kms_helper] ? drm_helper_probe_detect+0x4d/0x90 [drm_kms_helper] drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes+0xe1/0x780 [drm_kms_helper] ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x114/0x3a0 drm_mode_getconnector+0x153/0x330 [drm] ? __drm_mode_object_find+0x54/0xa0 [drm] ? drm_mode_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x60/0x60 [drm] drm_ioctl_kernel+0x5d/0xb0 [drm] drm_ioctl+0x31b/0x3d0 [drm] ? drm_mode_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x60/0x60 [drm] ? dput.part.23+0x2d/0x1e0 do_vfs_ioctl+0xa5/0x610 ? vfs_write+0x132/0x1a0 SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1e/0xa9 RIP: 0033:0x7f96d3a00ea7 RSP: 002b:00007ffeca02fbe8 EFLAGS: 00003246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffeca02fa00 RCX: 00007f96d3a00ea7 RDX: 00007ffeca02fc20 RSI: 00000000c05064a7 RDI: 000000000000000e RBP: 00007ffeca02f9f0 R08: 00000000ffffffff R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000003246 R12: 0000563becfb947c R13: 00007ffeca02fb50 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 Code: ff e8 8a ff ae d0 48 8b 7d a0 48 8d 75 a8 e8 bd 51 b3 d0 45 85 ff 0f 85 0c ff ff ff 44 89 e6 48 c7 c7 d8 0b 1b c0 e8 56 04 b5 d0 <0f> ff e9 f6 fe ff ff 0f 1f 40 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1735062 Title: Xorg freeze Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The problem is a very short graphics freeze. I believe the issue is related to the i915 driver:;; [ 1103.153702] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1103.153759] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 5425 at /build/linux-KM2a5S/linux-4.13.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:12848 intel_atomic_commit_tail+0xf7d/0xf90 [i915] [ 1103.153760] Modules linked in: msr rfcomm pci_stub vboxpci(OE) vboxnetadp(OE) vboxnetflt(OE) vboxdrv(OE) ccm bnep binfmt_misc intel_rapl dell_laptop x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp dell_smm_hwmon coretemp kvm_intel uvcvideo kvm videobuf2_vmalloc btusb irqbypass snd_hda_codec_hdmi videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 snd_hda_codec_conexant btrtl snd_hda_codec_generic videobuf2_core crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul btbcm btintel ghash_clmulni_intel cryptd intel_cstate snd_hda_intel intel_rapl_perf bluetooth videodev snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core media ecdh_generic snd_hwdep dell_wmi dell_smbios arc4 snd_pcm input_leds dcdbas joydev sparse_keymap serio_raw wmi_bmof snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi iwldvm mac80211 snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer iwlwifi snd cfg80211 lpc_ich soundcore mei_me mei [ 1103.153800] shpchp dell_smo8800 mac_hid parport_pc ppdev lp parport ip_tables x_tables autofs4 hid_logitech_hidpp hid_logitech_dj usbhid hid i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops psmouse ahci drm libahci atl1c wmi video [ 1103.153820] CPU: 2 PID: 5425 Comm: kworker/u16:2 Tainted: G OE 4.13.0-17-generic #20-Ubuntu [ 1103.153821] Hardware name: Dell Inc. Dell System Inspiron N411Z/0YWNPW, BIOS A00 06/24/2011 [ 1103.153860] Workqueue: events_unbound intel_atomic_commit_work [i915] [ 1103.153862] task: ffff90c28720c5c0 task.stack: ffffa496c3ee0000 [ 1103.153898] RIP: 0010:intel_atomic_commit_tail+0xf7d/0xf90 [i915] [ 1103.153899] RSP: 0018:ffffa496c3ee3d88 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 1103.153900] RAX: 000000000000001c RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 1103.153901] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff90c39fa8dc78 RDI: ffff90c39fa8dc78 [ 1103.153902] RBP: ffffa496c3ee3e40 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000323 [ 1103.153903] R10: ffffa496c3ee3d88 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000000000fe3e [ 1103.153904] R13: ffff90c38d060000 R14: ffff90c38e3db000 R15: 0000000000000002 [ 1103.153906] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff90c39fa80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1103.153907] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1103.153908] CR2: 00007f2139afa000 CR3: 00000001949eb000 CR4: 00000000000406e0 [ 1103.153910] Call Trace: [ 1103.153917] ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80 [ 1103.153955] intel_atomic_commit_work+0x12/0x20 [i915] [ 1103.153960] process_one_work+0x1e7/0x410 [ 1103.153962] worker_thread+0x4a/0x410 [ 1103.153965] kthread+0x125/0x140 [ 1103.153967] ? process_one_work+0x410/0x410 [ 1103.153969] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x70/0x70 [ 1103.153972] ret_from_fork+0x25/0x30 [ 1103.153974] Code: ff ff ff 48 83 c7 08 e8 42 a1 32 e0 4c 8b 85 70 ff ff ff 4d 85 c0 0f 85 7b fa ff ff 8d 73 41 48 c7 c7 60 c4 66 c0 e8 d4 53 34 e0 <0f> ff e9 65 fa ff ff 66 90 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 66 [ 1103.154006] ---[ end trace 3e9edf28140fd63f ]--- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-17.20-generic 4.13.8 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Nov 28 22:09:19 2017 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: artful DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.1.30, 4.10.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 5.1.30, 4.13.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GpuHangFrequency: I don't know GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [1028:051b] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-02 (696 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) LightdmDisplayLog: (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file. MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System Inspiron N411Z ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-17-generic root=UUID=ca80c0e0-465a-47b9-8a50-2ff12698bdfe ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg freeze UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A00 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 0YWNPW dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: FAB1 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA00:bd06/24/2011:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemInspironN411Z:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0YWNPW:rvrFAB1:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.family: HuronRiver System dmi.product.name: Dell System Inspiron N411Z dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1735062/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp