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Re: Random X crash



On 12/04/2014 02:56 PM, Joris Bolsens wrote:
I am getting seemingly random crashes of X.

I have 3 monitors (2 external, 1 laptop), and occasionally they will
flash black, and orientation gets reset to default. I have not been able
to find any action that specifically triggers this, although when i look
at dmesg, it seems to somehow be relate to my wifi. I have pasted (what
I think) are the relevant bits of dmesg below, please let me know if I
should provide more info.

dmesg first instance:
--------------------
[14198.890344] bridge-wlan2: device is wireless, enabling SMAC
[14198.890348] bridge-wlan2: up
[14198.890353] bridge-wlan2: attached
[14198.930206] wlan2: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised
by 80:ea:96:ee:dd:0a
[14199.090477] userif-3: sent link down event.
[14199.090481] userif-3: sent link up event.
[16815.766004] [drm:cpt_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] *ERROR* uncleared
pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A
[16815.766009] [drm:cpt_serr_int_handler] *ERROR* PCH transcoder A FIFO
underrun
[16815.767229] [drm:ivybridge_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] *ERROR*
uncleared fifo underrun on pipe A
[16815.767234] [drm:ivb_err_int_handler] *ERROR* Pipe A FIFO underrun
[17129.902962] [drm:cpt_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] *ERROR* uncleared
pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A
[17129.902966] [drm:cpt_serr_int_handler] *ERROR* PCH transcoder A FIFO
underrun
[17129.917635] [drm:ivybridge_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] *ERROR*
uncleared fifo underrun on pipe A
[17129.917639] [drm:ivb_err_int_handler] *ERROR* Pipe A FIFO underrun
[17197.888252] [drm:cpt_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] *ERROR* uncleared
pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A
[17197.888256] [drm:cpt_serr_int_handler] *ERROR* PCH transcoder A FIFO
underrun
[17197.898583] [drm:ivybridge_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] *ERROR*
uncleared fifo underrun on pipe A
[17197.898588] [drm:ivb_err_int_handler] *ERROR* Pipe A FIFO underrun
[17553.192289] [drm:cpt_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] *ERROR* uncleared
pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A
[17553.192294] [drm:cpt_serr_int_handler] *ERROR* PCH transcoder A FIFO
underrun
[17553.196104] [drm:ivybridge_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] *ERROR*
uncleared fifo underrun on pipe A
[17553.196108] [drm:ivb_err_int_handler] *ERROR* Pipe A FIFO underrun


Installing firmware-intel* and intel-microcode from non-free repos should fix your problem, I would also install firmware-linux* too, if not already installed.
--
Jimmy Johnson

Debian - Wheezy - KDE 4.8.4 - AMD64 - EXT4 at sda1
Registered Linux User #380263


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