[SOLVED] Intel Video Driver Bug causes X display crash

[gilado]

This error  [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung (found in /var/log/messages) followed by X display crash happens with all 2.6.32 kernels in the repository.

It does not seem to happen with the 2.6.31-12 kernel that is in the repository.

I also have one machine running 2.6.32-12 (no longer available in the reops) and it does _not_ have this problem.

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Fully updated 2010.  This has happened a few times. I have to power down and restart.  Is there a workaround?

This happens with 2.6.33.7. My  daughter has an identical machine with slightly older installation running 2.6.32-12 with no problems.

I can't find 2.6.32-12 in the repos, only 2.6.31-12.  And yes I'm sure her machine is running 2.6.32-12, I checked (uname -u) more than once.

Aug  9 16:28:36 giladop klogd: [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
Aug  9 16:28:36 giladop klogd: render error detected, EIR: 0x00000000
Aug  9 16:28:36 giladop klogd: [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -5 (awaiting 887627 at 887625)
Aug  9 16:28:37 giladop kdm[903]: X server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly
Aug  9 16:28:38 giladop acpid: client 905[0:0] has disconnected
Aug  9 16:28:38 giladop acpid: client connected from 19165[0:0]
Aug  9 16:28:38 giladop acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Aug  9 16:28:39 giladop kdm[903]: X server died during startup
Aug  9 16:28:39 giladop kdm[903]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled

Reported on other distros' forums

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/507504

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/17705

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573264

[jlf001]

What kernel are you using?  I'm using kernel 2.6.33.7-pclos1.bfs on an older ACER without a problem. It has an Intel 945 in it.

Jeff

[gilado]

2.6.33-5 that comes with latest ISO. I see -7 is in the repo, I'll give it a try

[gilado]

X just crashed with 2.6.33-7 bfs

I am now running 2.6.33-7 vanilla

A colleague and I were looking at a spreadsheet when it crashed. He asked what happened and I  explained "I just upgraded the machine and this now I have this problem.  It is an old bug that was fixed long ago and now came back"  "oh, just like windows" he replied ...

I am not making this up. Most folks around here use macs.

[jlf001]

gilado,

What are your system specifications?   In addition, run the lspci command from a terminal and post your results.

Jeff

[gilado]

Crashed again.  Here's another distro report of this problem http://forum.tinymelinux.com/thread-855-post-3687.html

My system is: Panasonic CF-Y4

Identification
Processor ID: ‎1
Vendor: ‎GenuineIntel
Model name: ‎Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz
Cpuid family: ‎6
Model: ‎13
Model stepping: ‎8
Cpuid level: ‎2
Performances
Frequency (MHz): ‎1600.000
Cache size: ‎2048 KB
Bogomips: ‎3192.18
Misc
Flags: ‎fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx up bts est tm2
Write protection: ‎Yes

Memory ‎On Board
Installed size: ‎512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: ‎512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Bank connections: ‎0 1

Memory Module ‎172 Micro DIMM-CN1
Installed size: ‎512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: ‎512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Bank connections: ‎2 3

L1 Cache: 32K
L2 Cache: 2048K

Video Card
Identification
Vendor: ‎Intel Corporation
Description: ‎Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
Media class: ‎VGA compatible controller
Connection
Bus: ‎PCI
PCI domain: ‎0
Bus PCI #: ‎0
PCI device #: ‎2
PCI function #: ‎0
PCI revision: ‎0x03
Vendor ID: ‎0x8086
Device ID: ‎0x2592
Sub vendor ID: ‎0x10f7
Sub device ID: ‎0x8338
Misc
Module: ‎Card:Intel 810 and later

Sound Card:
Identification
Vendor: ‎Intel Corporation
Description: ‎82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller
Media class: ‎Multimedia audio controller
Connection
Bus: ‎PCI
PCI domain: ‎0
Bus PCI #: ‎0
PCI device #: ‎30
PCI function #: ‎2
PCI revision: ‎0x04
Vendor ID: ‎0x8086
Device ID: ‎0x266e
Sub vendor ID: ‎0x10f7
Sub device ID: ‎0x834c
Driver
Module: ‎snd_intel8x0
Alternative drivers: ‎ali5455, i810_audio, nvaudio

Ethernet (Wireless)
Identification
Vendor: ‎Intel Corporation
Description: ‎PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection
Media class: ‎Network controller
Connection
Bus: ‎PCI
PCI domain: ‎0
Bus PCI #: ‎6
PCI device #: ‎4
PCI function #: ‎0
PCI revision: ‎0x05
Vendor ID: ‎0x8086
Device ID: ‎0x4223
Sub vendor ID: ‎0x8086
Sub device ID: ‎0x1000
Misc
Module: ‎ipw2200

Ethernet (Wired)
Identification
Vendor: ‎Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Description: ‎RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Media class: ‎Ethernet controller
Connection
Bus: ‎PCI
PCI domain: ‎0
Bus PCI #: ‎6
PCI device #: ‎1
PCI function #: ‎0
PCI revision: ‎0x10
Vendor ID: ‎0x10ec
Device ID: ‎0x8139
Sub vendor ID: ‎0x10f7
Sub device ID: ‎0x8338
Misc
Module: ‎8139too

SATA Controller
Identification
Vendor: ‎Intel Corporation
Description: ‎82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller
Media class: ‎IDE interface
Connection
Bus: ‎PCI
PCI domain: ‎0
Bus PCI #: ‎0
PCI device #: ‎31
PCI function #: ‎1
PCI revision: ‎0x04
Vendor ID: ‎0x8086
Device ID: ‎0x266f
Sub vendor ID: ‎0x10f7
Sub device ID: ‎0x8338
Misc
Module: ‎ata_piix

Hard Disk
Identification
Vendor: ‎Toshiba
Description: ‎MK6034GA
Disk identifier: ‎Toshiba MK6034GA
Media class: ‎hd
Bus identification
Target id number: ‎0
Connection
Bus: ‎SCSI
Channel: ‎0
Logical unit number: ‎0
Target id number: ‎0
Device
Old device file: ‎/dev/sda
Partitions
Primary partitions: ‎1 (sda1)
Extended partitions: ‎3 (sda5, sda6, sda7)
Misc
Geometry: ‎7296/255/63 (CHS)
Disk controller: ‎0
Module: ‎ata_piix

Software

# uname -a
Linux giladop 2.6.33.7-pclos1 #1 SMP Tue Aug 3 01:12:33 CDT 2010 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz GNU/Linux

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
06:05.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 8b)
06:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 11)

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_usb_audio          64855  0
snd_hwdep               4668  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_usb_lib            13874  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            16349  1 snd_usb_lib
deflate                 1561  0
zlib_deflate           16811  1 deflate
ctr                     2929  0
twofish                 5383  0
twofish_common         12731  1 twofish
camellia               17692  0
serpent                17533  0
blowfish                7242  0
cast5                  15480  0
des_generic            15858  0
cbc                     2109  0
xcbc                    2065  0
rmd160                  6136  0
sha512_generic          6676  0
sha256_generic         11331  0
sha1_generic            1571  0
crypto_null             2130  0
af_key                 22913  2
michael_mic             1564  4
lib80211_crypt_tkip     6927  1
aes_i586                7232  1
aes_generic            26743  1 aes_i586
lib80211_crypt_ccmp     3867  1
af_packet              13958  4
arc4                    1073  2
ecb                     1575  2
lib80211_crypt_wep      2397  0
ipv6                  220639  0
vboxnetadp              5418  0
vboxnetflt             12772  0
vboxdrv               165611  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
snd_intel8x0m           9432  0
snd_intel8x0           22964  2
snd_ac97_codec         89721  2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                 946  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy           1266  0
snd_seq_oss            22644  0
snd_seq_midi_event      5432  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                40479  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          5182  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            29080  0
ipw2200               116240  0
libipw                 22033  1 ipw2200
sdhci_pci               5442  0
snd_pcm                59564  5 snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
sdhci                  12887  1 sdhci_pci
snd_timer              15672  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          11078  1 snd_pcm_oss
cfg80211              102429  2 ipw2200,libipw
mmc_core               48097  1 sdhci
snd                    45753  18 snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
pcspkr                  1382  0
led_class               2692  1 sdhci
soundcore               5524  1 snd
i2c_i801                6754  0
serio_raw               3583  0
snd_page_alloc          6442  3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
rfkill                 13923  1 cfg80211
rng_core                3002  0
lib80211                4717  5 lib80211_crypt_tkip,lib80211_crypt_ccmp,lib80211_crypt_wep,ipw2200,libipw
iTCO_wdt                8856  0
iTCO_vendor_support     2302  1 iTCO_wdt
8139cp                 14091  0
8139too                16397  0
mii                     3885  2 8139cp,8139too
binfmt_misc             5570  1
sg                     21597  0
sr_mod                 11580  0
cdrom                  28700  1 sr_mod
pcmcia                 26495  0
yenta_socket           17205  1
rsrc_nonstatic          7953  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            28607  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
cpufreq_ondemand        7009  1
cpufreq_conservative     8144  0
cpufreq_powersave        698  0
acpi_cpufreq            5566  0
freq_table              3091  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
nvram                   5450  0
usb_storage            35942  0
ohci1394               22664  0
sbp2                   15899  0
raw1394                16785  0
ieee1394               69423  3 ohci1394,sbp2,raw1394
fuse                   49490  0
dm_mod                 55159  0
ehci_hcd               28139  0
uhci_hcd               16854  0
joydev                  7391  0
panasonic_laptop        3943  0
processor              29613  2 acpi_cpufreq
rtc_cmos                7023  0
battery                 8220  0
ac                      2618  0
thermal                10875  0
usbcore               124098  6 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
evdev                   6409  12
ata_generic             2343  0
ide_pci_generic         2306  0
pata_acpi               2303  0
piix                    4019  0
ide_gd_mod             19369  0
ide_core               85674  3 ide_pci_generic,piix,ide_gd_mod
ahci                   29258  0
ata_piix               18324  3
libata                145515  4 ata_generic,pata_acpi,ahci,ata_piix
sd_mod                 27605  4
scsi_mod              131994  6 sg,sr_mod,usb_storage,sbp2,libata,sd_mod
crc_t10dif              1195  1 sd_mod
ext3                   98115  2
jbd                    38701  1 ext3
i915                  237223  2
drm_kms_helper         23842  1 i915
drm                   143819  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            4134  1 i915
button                  4681  1 i915
i2c_core               17928  5 i2c_i801,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
video                  17109  1 i915
output                  1707  1 video

[gilado]

This happens with 2.6.33.7. My  daughter has an identical machine with slightly older installation running 2.6.32-12 with no problems.

I can't find 2.6.32-12 in the repos, only 2.6.31-12.  And yes I'm sure her machine is running 2.6.32-12, I checked (uname -u) more than once.

[Texstar]

The 2.6.32 kernel is now at version 2.6.32.17 in the repositories.

[gseaman]

Which kernel were you using before you installed 2.6.33.7 bfs? If you are sure it's the kernel, why not go back to using the previous one?

Tex does not use generic kernels. He looks for patches for known problems to try to avoid these types of regressions. Just because others are having problems with a specific kernel, doesn't automatically prove that this is the source of your problem. If you make a conclusions too quickly, you may prevent someone from collecting the evidence necessary to help you. If this is a kernel problem, we would all like to see it confirmed so we can get it patched.

Galen

[gilado]

I was running 2.6.33-5 (see above.) It had this problem that's why I tried the -7

I'll try the 2.6.32-17

[gilado]

2.6.32-17 crashes the same way

I have been running 2.6.31-12 for couple days with no crashes, so I'll stick with it for now.

[gseaman]

I'm glad that you found a solution. Keep watching for newer kernels. I've seen many posts online about video driver fixes getting added all of the time. I'm sure it won't be long before the newer kernels work for you.

Galen