Bug#1051094: kde-baseapps: entire machine freezes with soft lockups at KDE login after upgrade to bookworm
Package: kde-baseapps
Version: 4:22.12.3+5.142
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Updated from bullseye to bookworm. No obvious errors during the upgrade.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Symptom: Usually KDE simply freezes during login. Sometimes it does allow me to
log in (very slowly) and open a terminal, but shortly thereafter, it freezes.
In addition, the machine starts to beep when it freezes, which indicates a soft lockup.
Looking in journalctl:
root@zserver:~# journalctl | grep lockup
Sep 01 11:14:31 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 45s! [akonadi_control:10618]
Sep 01 11:14:31 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 01 11:15:08 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 71s! [akonadi_control:10618]
Sep 01 11:15:08 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 01 11:15:31 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 101s! [akonadi_control:10618]
Sep 01 11:15:31 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 01 11:26:07 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s! [kalendarac:6891]
Sep 01 11:26:07 zserver kernel: ? lockup_detector_update_enable+0x50/0x50
Sep 01 12:10:15 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s! [kaccess:59605]
Sep 01 12:15:15 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 44s! [akonadi_followu:15090]
Sep 01 12:15:15 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 01 12:15:16 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 70s! [akonadi_followu:15090]
Sep 01 12:15:16 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 01 12:15:44 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 97s! [akonadi_followu:15090]
Sep 01 12:15:44 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 02 09:16:13 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 45s! [akonadi_akonote:14911]
Sep 02 09:16:13 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 02 09:16:13 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 71s! [akonadi_akonote:14911]
Sep 02 09:16:13 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 02 09:16:13 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 104s! [akonadi_akonote:14911]
Sep 02 09:16:14 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 02 09:16:14 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 130s! [akonadi_akonote:14911]
Sep 02 09:16:14 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 02 09:16:14 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 160s! [akonadi_akonote:14911]
Sep 02 09:16:14 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 02 09:16:14 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 02 09:16:14 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 246s! [akonadi_akonote:14911]
Sep 02 09:16:14 zserver kernel: ? softlockup_fn+0x70/0x70
Sep 02 09:16:31 zserver kernel: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 272s! [akonadi_akonote:14911]
root@zserver:~#
which suggests a problem associated with akonadi, perhaps?
journalctl also says, for example:
Sep 02 09:16:28 zserver systemd[7328]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@0-21521-0.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd
80) #612328 kde-plasma-desktop: System Settings, Appearance, Splash Screen, installation of "KSarboard Splash" fails │-coredump crash (PID 21521/UID 0).
I'm unsure how to actually find the coredump (if it still exists) or how to send it to you.
* What was the outcome of this action?
I have been unable to find any way around this; KDE is therefore completely unsable here, after the upgrade to bookworm.
It worked fine prior to the upgrade.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I expected to be able to log in and use KDE as usual.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-11-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages kde-baseapps depends on:
ii dolphin 4:22.12.3-1
ii kdialog 4:22.12.3-1
ii keditbookmarks 22.12.3-1
ii kfind 4:22.12.3-1
ii konqueror 4:22.12.3-1
ii konsole 4:22.12.3-1
ii kwrite 4:22.12.3-1
kde-baseapps recommends no packages.
kde-baseapps suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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