Many thanks I will try this on Monday.
On 3 Jul, 2016, at 6:57 am, Christopher M. Penalver <christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > James, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. > > As per http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product- > page.aspx?pid=5486&dl=1#bios an update to your computer's buggy, > insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (F5). When you update to this > following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate how does this > improve the situation? > > For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette > . > > Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so > posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. > > Also, you don't have to create a new bug report. > > Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible: > 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform > an apport-collect): > sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date > 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement > or not. > 3) Please mark this report Status New. > > If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid. > > Thank you for your help. > > ** Tags added: bios-outdated-f5 > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Importance: Critical => Low > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1587730 > > Title: > graphic system freezes after a while, can still ssh into machine > > Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Ubuntu 16.04 desktop with all updates up to date > Gigagyte GA-Z170 motherboard, Intel i7-6700 3.4gHz, 64GB RAM, Samsung 840 > SSD, Gigabyte GEForce GT710 graphics (nvidia chipset) > > Very light load. A few terminal windows, a few Firefox pages, > Thunderbird, and VirtualBox (with the extension pack loaded) running > one small Linux VM with 512Mb memory (very lightly loaded as it's only > running bind9). I think (but don't have perfect certainty on this) > that some of the crashes have happened without VirtualBox running. > Also running rsync so that backuppc on a separate machine can back it > up over the network (backuppc has been a real lifesaver with all the > reinstallations!) > > After booting the system runs happily for a while then the GUI > freezes. This can take a few hours or up to a day or two. You can > still ssh into the system, and if you do "top" it typically shows 100% > CPU load on systemd-timesync. > > The same happens whether I use nouveau or the proprietary nvidia driver (361) > I have tried a complete reinstallation (4 times already, starting to get > quite frustrating) using the proprietary drivers and NOT using the > proprietary drivers and the same still happens. The most recent time was with > nouveau, and Xorg.log has a number of entries like this: > (EE) [mi] EQ overflowing. Additional events will be discarded until > existing events are processed. > (EE) > (EE) Backtrace: > (EE) 0: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x4e) [0x5652cde325ce] > (EE) 1: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (mieqEnqueue+0x253) [0x5652cde14083] > (EE) 2: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (QueuePointerEvents+0x52) [0x5652cdcec662] > (EE) 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0x7f31f985c000+0x61f3) > [0x7f31f98621f3] > (EE) 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0x7f31f985c000+0x6a5d) > [0x7f31f9862a5d] > (EE) 5: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (0x5652cdc80000+0x94228) [0x5652cdd14228] > (EE) 6: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (0x5652cdc80000+0xb96f2) [0x5652cdd396f2] > (EE) 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7f3202cef000+0x354a0) > [0x7f3202d244a0] > (EE) 8: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (GiveUp+0x0) [0x5652cde37330] > (EE) 9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7f3202cef000+0x354a0) > [0x7f3202d244a0] > (EE) 10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__select+0x13) [0x7f3202debcf3] > (EE) 11: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (WaitForSomething+0x1d7) [0x5652cde2f307] > (EE) 12: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (0x5652cdc80000+0x539ee) [0x5652cdcd39ee] > (EE) 13: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (0x5652cdc80000+0x57c33) [0x5652cdcd7c33] > (EE) 14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf0) > [0x7f3202d0f830] > (EE) 15: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (_start+0x29) [0x5652cdcc1f59] > (EE) > (EE) [mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to a culprit higher up > the stack. > (EE) [mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause. It is a victim. > (EE) [mi] EQ overflow continuing. 100 events have been dropped. > > Then at the end the last few are: > > [ 6265.543] [mi] Increasing EQ size to 1024 to prevent dropped events. > [ 6265.543] [mi] EQ processing has resumed after 1070 dropped events. > [ 6265.543] [mi] This may be caused by a misbehaving driver monopolizing > the server's resources. > > What cna the problem possibly be, especially as 16.04 is meant to be a > stable release and an Nvidia GT710 card is hardly bleeding-edge? Help > greatly appreciated! > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 > Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 > .tmp.unity_support_test.0: > > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 > Architecture: amd64 > CompizPlugins: No value set for > `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' > CompositorRunning: compiz > CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' > CompositorUnredirectFSW: true > Date: Wed Jun 1 13:22:13 2016 > DistUpgraded: Fresh install > DistroCodename: xenial > DistroVariant: ubuntu > DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.0.18, 4.4.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed > ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical > GraphicsCard: > NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:128b] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:36ec] > InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-01 (0 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 > (20160420.1) > MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z170-D3H > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_HK:en > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_HK.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-22-generic > root=UUID=79d1ab40-4431-445f-87bb-6a8d44370cee ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > SourcePackage: xorg > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > dmi.bios.date: 07/24/2015 > dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > dmi.bios.version: F2 > dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. > dmi.board.name: Z170-D3H-CF > dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > dmi.board.version: x.x > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF2:bd07/24/2015:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnZ170-D3H:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnZ170-D3H-CF:rvrx.x:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: > dmi.product.name: Z170-D3H > dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M. > dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1 > version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 > version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel > 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:1.0.12-1build2 > xserver.bootTime: Wed Jun 1 13:14:17 2016 > xserver.configfile: default > xserver.devices: > input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 > input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 > input Sleep Button KEYBOARD, id 8 > input Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop® 2.10 KEYBOARD, > id 9 > input Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop® 2.10 KEYBOARD, > id 10 > xserver.errors: > Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) > Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) > xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log > xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 > xserver.video_driver: nouveau > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1587730/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1587730 Title: graphic system freezes after a while, can still ssh into machine To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1587730/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
