Bug#469738: xserver-xorg: Sometimes takes all CPU, interrupts other programs or crashes
Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.1.0-19
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software
I use a two-head setup, and it was very difficult to get Xorg
configured. Sometimes an update will make it unusable, so I always
back up xorg.conf before each update (this helps). If I have to
restart Xorg or XDM, Xorg sometimes shuts down after a while, so I
have to shutdown the system and reset it so the video card gets reset.
Sometimes unrelated programs like GKRELLM or X Screensaver
make Xorg take 90% of the CPU time. This usually happens every 30
minutes, so I have created a script which will kill and restart
GKRELLM in such a case. This usually helps. At other times Xorg will
take all available CPU time and still just show a blank screen so that
the system has to be rebooted.
I often get the feeling that the communication with the video card is
less than optimal although it is not a newly-released card. Programs
like XAWTV complain about missing accelerations although the card has
them. Xine and M Player sometimes just show a black window; VLC runs
but with high CPU usage and not smoothly, although my video card
should actually not require that much CPU use.
The automatic start of X Screensaver interrupts everything including
communication with the IDE DVD writer so that the writing process
fails and the DVD cannot be used. This happens with simple blanking of
the screen as well as with regular screensaver plug-ins.
I have tried all configuration variations, not only with Xorg but with
X Screensaver, VLC and all CD/DVD burning software; nothing seems to
help. The video card seems alright, there is enough RAM, I have
optimised IDE access...
-- Package-specific info:
Contents of /var/lib/x11/X.roster:
xserver-xorg
/etc/X11/X target unchanged from checksum in /var/lib/x11/X.md5sum.
X server symlink status:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Apr 15 2007 /etc/X11/X -> /usr/bin/Xorg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1598380 Sep 4 2007 /usr/bin/Xorg
Contents of /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster:
xserver-xorg
VGA-compatible devices on PCI bus:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7600 GS (rev a2)
/etc/X11/xorg.conf does not match checksum in /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum.
Xorg X server configuration file status:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Aug 14 2007 /etc/X11/xorg.conf -> xorg.conf.nvidia.flora
Contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Jun 13 18:39:30 PDT 2007
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Jun 13 18:40:26 PDT 2007
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
# Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Section "ServerLayout"
# Screen 1 "ScreenProjector" 1280 0
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "ScreenDesk" LeftOf "ScreenProjector"
Screen 1 "ScreenProjector" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "unix/:7101"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZoom" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "MonitorProjector"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Projector"
HorizSync 31.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 120.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
# VertRefresh 60.0 - 150.0
Identifier "MonitorDesk"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Proview"
HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 75.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "VideocardVGA"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7600 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "VideocardDRII"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7600 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-1: 800x600 +0+0; CRT-1: 1024x768 +0+0"
# DefaultDepth 15
Identifier "ScreenProjector"
Device "VideocardVGA"
Monitor "MonitorProjector"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
# Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
# Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT-0: 1024x768 +0+0"
# DefaultDepth 15
Identifier "ScreenDesk"
Device "VideocardDRII"
Monitor "MonitorDesk"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
# Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
# Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
No Xorg X server log files found.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0 by Linux-Systeme
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22.1Flora
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy
ii x11-common 1:7.1.0-19 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii xbase-clients 1:7.1.ds1-2 miscellaneous X clients
ii xkb-data 0.9-4 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.1.1-21etch1 X.Org X server -- core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server -- input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-evde 1:1.1.2-6 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1:1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
ii xserver-xorg-input-mous 1:1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server -- output drive
ii xserver-xorg-video-apm 1:1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- APM display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ark 1:0.6.0-3 X.Org X server -- ark display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.6.3-2 X.Org X server -- ATI display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-chip 1:1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Chips display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-cirr 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-cyri 1:1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-dumm 1:0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- dummy display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-fbde 1:0.3.1-1 X.Org X server -- fbdev display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-glin 1:1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Glint display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 1:1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- i128 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-i740 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- i740 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-i810 2:1.7.2-4 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx
ii xserver-xorg-video-imst 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- IMSTT display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-mga 1:1.4.4.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- MGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-neom 1:1.1.1-5 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display
ii xserver-xorg-video-newp 1:0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- Newport display
ii xserver-xorg-video-nsc 1:2.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- NSC display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv [ 1:1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- NV display drive
ii xserver-xorg-video-rend 1:4.1.0.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- Rendition displa
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 [ 1:0.4.1-5 X.Org X server -- legacy S3 displa
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3vi 1:1.9.1-3 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display
ii xserver-xorg-video-sava 1:2.1.2-3 X.Org X server -- Savage display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-sili 1:1.4.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion di
ii xserver-xorg-video-sis 1:0.9.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiS display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-sisu 1:0.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display
ii xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 1:1.3.0-1 X.Org X server -- tdfx display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-tga 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- TGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-trid 1:1.2.3-1 X.Org X server -- Trident display
ii xserver-xorg-video-tsen 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Tseng display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-v4l 0.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux di
ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1:1.3.0-1 X.Org X server -- VESA display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 1:4.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- VGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-via 1:0.2.1-6 X.Org X server -- VIA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-vmwa 1:10.13.0-3 X.Org X server -- VMware display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-vood 1:1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display d
Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends:
ii discover 2.1.1-2.1 hardware identification system
ii laptop-detect 0.12.1.1 attempt to detect a laptop
ii mdetect 0.5.2.1 mouse device autodetection tool
ii xresprobe 0.4.23debian1 X Resolution Probe
ii xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server -- input driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server -- output drive
-- debconf information:
shared/fontpath/fontserver:
xserver-xorg/multiple_possible_x-drivers:
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/use_sync_ranges:
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/port: /dev/input/mice
xserver-xorg/config/doublequote_in_string_error:
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/screen-size: 17 inches (430 mm)
* shared/default-x-server: xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg/config/device/default-identifier:
xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor: true
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol: ImPS/2
shared/no_known_x-server:
xserver-xorg/config/display/default_depth: 24
xserver-xorg/config/display/modes: 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id_error:
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/vert-refresh:
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/options:
xserver-xorg/autodetect_keyboard: false
xserver-xorg/config/device/use_fbdev:
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/variant:
xserver-xorg/config/nonnumeric_string_error:
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout:
xserver-xorg/config/modules: i2c, bitmap, ddc, dri, extmod, freetype, glx, int10, vbe
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/identifier:
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons: true
xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse: true
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/horiz-sync:
xserver-xorg/config/device/video_ram:
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/range_input_error:
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model: pc105
xserver-xorg/config/device/driver:
xserver-xorg/config/device/identifier:
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method:
xserver-xorg/config/null_string_error:
shared/multiple_possible_x-servers:
xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id:
xserver-xorg/config/write_files_section: true
xserver-xorg/autodetect_video_card: true
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list: 1024x768 @ 60Hz
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/rules: xorg
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/default-identifier:
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