Bug#829711: X freezes (regression)

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Tue, Jul  5, 2016 at 16:21:44 +0200, Stéphane Glondu wrote:

> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.6.2-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Starting with linux-image-4.6.0-1-amd64, my system crashes approx. 8
> minutes after boot. The symptoms are: the X server freezes; after a
> few seconds, the mouse pointer resumes moving but the rest of the
> graphical interface is frozen; then, when I do Ctrl-Alt-F1, the screen
> switches to (all) black, then quickly switches to a gray like in the
> GDM prompt; then, when I do Ctrl-Alt-Suppr, the screen switches to a
> console where I can see the call trace which is at the end of the
> attached log.
> 
> This happens reproducibly with linux-image-4.6.0-1-amd64 versions
> 4.6.1-1 and 4.6.2-2. It does not happen with linux-image-4.5.0-2-amd64
> 4.5.5-1 (the kernel I'm running right now).
> 
Please forward this upstream, there are some guidelines at
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation/how-report-bugs

Cheers,
Julien