Public bug reported: While playing a video with mpv, X locked up entirely (not even mouse movement did anything). Even kill -9 won't kill the X server, although /etc/init.d/sddm restart did get the video card to text mode. (But the Xorg process is stuck in state D.) Unfortunately this means I couldn't get a stack backtrace from Xorg, since gdb hangs while trying to attach.
This is the first time I've seen this flavour of lockup, and it happened soon after booting the latest kernel update for 15.10 (linux- image-4.2.0-41-g 4.2.0-41.48 amd64). (So this might actually be a DRM bug, but I'm reporting it on a graphics-specific package so the right people can see it and migrate it where it needs to go). My hardware is an ATI HD4670, on an Intel c2duo (E6600) desktop (dg965wh motherboard). Both DVI outputs are in use, one for a 1680x1050 and the other for a 1920x1200 LCD. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-41.48-generic 4.2.8-ckt11 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-41-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jul 12 01:53:26 2016 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-11-12 (242 days ago) ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1602097 Title: X lockup while playing a video (VDPAU) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1602097/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ 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