Bug#513904: Xorg runaway in NVSync(), see #336774

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Sergio Gelato wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv
> Version: 1:2.0.3-1
>
> This seems to be a follow-up of archived bug #336774, which was closed
> due to the submitter no longer having access to a test system on which
> to reproduce the issue.
>
> Symptom: Xorg starts using nearly 100% of the CPU, becomes unresponsive.
>
> Stack backtrace, obtained by attaching gdb to the running process:
> #0  0xb7c24532 in NVSync () from /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
> #1  0xb6b00668 in XAAComposite () from /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libxaa.so
> #2  0x08157597 in DamageDamageRegion ()
> #3  0x08144517 in CompositePicture ()
> #4  0x0814a853 in PanoramiXRenderReset ()
> #5  0x081476b5 in AllocatePicturePrivate ()
> #6  0x08086ccb in Dispatch ()
> #7  0x0806e6b9 in main ()
>   

Any chance you try with a more recent driver? 2.0.3 is old. We have
2.1.10 in testing/unstable and 2.1.12 in experimental?

thanks,
Brice