--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> From: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>
> Subject: Re: Bug#516014: xorg: Since upgrade to Lenny on 2/15, Xorg frequenly spikes CPU to 100%
> To: "D" <dgundlz@yahoo.com>, 516014@bugs.debian.org
> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 5:45 PM
>
> D wrote:
>> Package: xorg
>> Version: 1:7.3+18
>> Severity: important
>>
>>
>> Since upgrading to Lenny on 2/15, UIs will "freeze" -- that is,
keystrokes and mouse clicks will
>> fail to register (neither ctrl-alt-del nor ctrl-alt-bksp will function,
either), although the
>> arrow will move when the mouse is moved. Occasionally, the screen will go entirely black and go
>> into "standby" as if no signal is being generated by the video
card. This does not happen when the
>> computer is "idling," only when keyboard/mouse is being used and
the display changes (like when
>> browsing the internet). Hard reboot brings the computer back up and
functioning, until use
>> creates the same condition.
>>
>> I have been able to recreate this problem with some frequency. I have also been able to ssh to
>> this system and tail -f various log files as the problem occurs -- but
haven't been able to detect
>> anything in the logs.
>>
>> However, I am able to run top and consistently see that as the problem
occurs, Xorg spikes
>> near 100% and stays there. In addition, several hald-addon-storage
processes become the next most
>> used processes, taking up about 20% CPU each (this is a dual processor
system). These conditions,
>> as reported by top, always accompany the display issues noted above,
whether the screen goes black
>> or not.
>>
>> Let me know if you need more info.
>>
>
>
> Config and log please.
>
> Brice
>
Brice,
Thank you for your swift response!
xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log are attached.
Let me know what additional info you may need.
Thanks
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