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Bug#751806: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: nvs 3100m/gt218m - suspend or resume: cursor turns into random square bitmap, system freezes



On 2014-06-16 21:08 +0200, Stefan Schwarzer wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> Version: 1:1.0.10-1+b1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> on suspend/resume I observe random crashes (about 1 every 2..5 times). Symptoms are that the 
> system ether does not enter suspend, but remains 'active' or it resumes and shows similar 
> symptoms then: Issues vary: most of the time the cursor disappears and is replaced 
> by a random bitmap. Sometimes I can then still change keyboard focus and make input in X11 
> environment. I cannot restore the cursor by changing the bitmap (from, e.g., kde system settings), neither by switching back an forth to a vt. Sometimes some windows 
> do not accept keyboard input (root windows?), I can switch terminals (CTL-ALT-F1), but no cursor 
> or prompt appears, sometimes I can change back to vt7 from that, sometimes I cannot. Sometimes 
> the entire session is just frozen, no input possible, no hotkeys work.  

Looks like your GPU has locked up.

> Kernel version (/proc/version):
> -------------------------------
> Linux version 3.13-1-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.8.2 (Debian 4.8.2-16) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.13.10-1 (2014-04-15)

This kernel is unsupported, please upgrade to a newer version (3.14 at
least) and retry.

> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: jessie/sid
>   APT prefers stable
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable')

That's really asking for trouble, you are using packages from
testing/unstable but have only stable in your sources.list?!

Cheers,
       Sven


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