> It looks like your system ran out of memory for whatever reason. X
just happens to be the first really critical thing to notice that
there's no memory left. It tends to need memory for doing its stuff. ;-)
The reason you can't restart X is because the GPU got left in an
inconsistent state (which is probably a bug in itself, but not the
primary issue here).
It is certainly not so:
host2:~$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1533292 807152 726140 0 28352 374208
-/+ buffers/cache: 404592 1128700
Swap: 1888252 0 1888252
> But, I can try to help you figure out what actually is causing this bug. (As
> it is, the info you've collected doesn't really do much to pinpoint what's
> going on.)
Thanks. I will collect necessary data.
> Can you tell me a little more about your system. Are you booted off a
hard drive or usb key or cd?
The system boots from compact flash. CF is 100% IDE-compatible. I've no
problems with this config since 9.04 or so.
> How long have you been running natty?
I've had natty kernel since 2.6.37-12 or earlier. The CPU on the system
is jusy 1.1 MHz single core, so hardware acceleration in new kernels
helps a lot. I dist-upgraded to full natty a week ago.
> When did you start noticing this bug?
The problem immediately appeared.
> Has it happened multiple times?
Is happens every boot, sooner or later.
> What is unique or unusual about your system?
It is configured to run from a flash, so most regular writes goes to
memory (fstab attached). Other than that, it is a usual Vaio VGN TX-
770P.
> Does it always happen after about the same period of time?
No the period is different.
> Does running a certain app or combination of apps make it more likely
to crash?
I haven't run natty long enough to gather data. So long my usual session
was several gnome-terminal tabs, firefox and pidgin. I would say that
crashes happen when I have pidgin talks, but it is not certain.
** Attachment added: "/etc/fstab"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/742175/+attachment/1939566/+files/fstab
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[i915] xserver crashes abruptly (OOM?)
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