Nvidia Optimus, Debian 10, and Firefox ESR crashes
debian-users:
I have a Dell Latitude E6520 with Nvidia Optimus graphics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Optimus
STFW and RTFM:
https://wiki.debian.org/NVIDIA%20Optimus
-> Using only the integrated GPU
https://wiki.debian.org/NVIDIA%20Optimus#UsingOnlyOneGPU
I have disabled Optimus in the CMOS Setup:
Video -> Optimus -> Enable Optimus -> unchecked
I have installed Debian 10:
2021-01-01 12:18:07 root@dipsy ~
# cat /etc/debian_version
10.7
2021-01-01 12:18:19 root@dipsy ~
# uname -a
Linux dipsy 4.19.0-12-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.152-1 (2020-10-18) x86_64
GNU/Linux
2021-01-01 12:29:44 root@dipsy ~
# dpkg-query -W xorg
xorg 1:7.7+19
2021-01-01 12:30:14 root@dipsy ~
# dpkg-query -W xfce4
xfce4 4.12.5
2021-01-01 12:18:23 root@dipsy ~
# dpkg-query -W firefox-esr
firefox-esr 78.6.0esr-1~deb10u1
2021-01-01 12:42:23 root@dipsy ~
# lscpu
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
Address sizes: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
CPU(s): 4
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 4
Socket(s): 1
NUMA node(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 42
Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
Stepping: 7
CPU MHz: 1021.254
CPU max MHz: 3300.0000
CPU min MHz: 800.0000
BogoMIPS: 4390.20
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 256K
L3 cache: 6144K
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-3
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr
pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe
syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl
xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor
ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic
popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm epb pti tpr_shadow vnmi
flexpriority ept vpid xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts
2021-01-01 12:18:31 root@dipsy ~
# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor
Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core
Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series
Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset
Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset
Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b4)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset
Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QM67 Express Chipset Family LPC
Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset
Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family
SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [NVS 4200M]
(rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 HDMI Audio Controller
(rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205
[Taylor Peak] (rev 34)
0b:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. 1394 OHCI Compliant Host
Controller (rev 05)
0b:00.1 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ600RJ0/OZ900RJ0/OZ600RJS
SD/MMC Card Reader Controller (rev 05)
0b:00.2 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. O2 Flash Memory Card
(rev 05)
After a random amount of time (minutes to hours) of watching videos on
YouTube in full screen mode via a KVM switch:
https://www.iogear.com/product/GCS78KIT
On an external monitor:
https://www.viewsonic.com/me/products/lcd/VX2260wm.php
The system will crash:
- Video is stuck on one frame.
- Audio continues playing.
- Mouse pointer is visible and moves with mouse movement.
- Mouse clicks have no effect.
- Keyboard input has no effect.
I can SSH into the computer after the crash.
The X log shows the problems starting here:
2021-01-01 15:45:09 root@dipsy ~
# tail -n 117 /var/log/Xorg.0.log | head -n 13
[ 553.029] (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "SEC", prod id 21576
[ 553.029] (II) modeset(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 553.029] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 138.65 1920
1944 1960 2080 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.7 kHz eP)
[ 553.029] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 92.44 1920
1944 1960 2080 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync (44.4 kHz e)
[ 553.362] (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "SEC", prod id 21576
[ 553.362] (II) modeset(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 553.362] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 138.65 1920
1944 1960 2080 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.7 kHz eP)
[ 553.362] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 92.44 1920
1944 1960 2080 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync (44.4 kHz e)
[ 554.022] (II) modeset(0): Allocate new frame buffer 1920x1080 stride
[ 554.648] (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "SEC", prod id 21576
[ 554.648] (II) modeset(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 554.648] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 138.65 1920
1944 1960 2080 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.7 kHz eP)
[ 554.648] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 92.44 1920
1944 1960 2080 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync (44.4 kHz e)
Followed by four instances of:
2021-01-01 15:45:46 root@dipsy ~
# tail -n 26 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "VSC", prod id 64545
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920
2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz eP)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 40.00 800 840
968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 36.00 800 824
896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 31.50 640 656
720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 31.50 640 664
704 832 480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 30.24 640 704
768 864 480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 25.18 640 656
752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0 28.32 720 738
846 900 400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 135.00 1280
1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 78.75 1024 1040
1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 75.00 1024 1048
1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 65.00 1024 1048
1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0 57.28 832 864
928 1152 624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 49.50 800 816
896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 50.00 800 856
976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0 108.00 1152 1216
1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0 146.25 1680
1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x0.0 162.00 1600
1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0 106.50 1440 1520
1672 1904 900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x0.0 121.75 1400
1488 1632 1864 1050 1053 1057 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 108.00 1280
1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz e)
[ 555.537] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0 108.00 1280 1376
1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
Here is output of top(1):
2021-01-01 15:49:05 root@dipsy ~
# top -n 1 | head -n 15
top - 15:49:52 up 3:07, 2 users, load average: 0.30, 0.17, 0.11
Tasks: 180 total, 1 running, 179 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 3.1 us, 1.6 sy, 0.0 ni, 95.3 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si,
0.0 st
MiB Mem : 15997.8 total, 6039.9 free, 3520.9 used, 6436.9 buff/cache
MiB Swap: 954.0 total, 954.0 free, 0.0 used. 6396.6 avail Mem
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+
COMMAND
223 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 6.2 0.0 8:27.72
kworker/2:2-events
1393 dpchrist 20 0 3306404 482716 184528 S 6.2 2.9 17:53.01
firefox-esr
1449 dpchrist 20 0 8853508 6.0g 5.7g S 6.2 38.7 41:46.50
Web Content
1988 root 20 0 8180 3340 2768 R 6.2 0.0 0:00.01
top
1 root 20 0 169760 10480 7924 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.41
systemd
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00
kthreadd
3 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00
rcu_gp
4 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00
rcu_par_gp
Suggestions?
David
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