FS#17339 - [xorg] system halt, binary garbage in logs

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Maciej Ł (loziniak) - Tuesday, 01 December 2009, 20:08 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 12 July 2010, 07:57 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
X starts, and when it displays something (three terminals and a clock, using twm manager), it immediately locks entire system up. The only thing I can do then is a hard reset of computer. When I restart Arch in text mode, I get a scrambled Xorg.0.log (looks like a random dump from memory) and there are some binary data in other logs, for example kernel.log.

I tried to remove all video drivers except "vesa" and all input drivers except "evdev", but it is the same. When I remove *all* video drivers, X starts and generates normal logs

Additional info:
* package version(s)
xorg-server 1.7.2-1
Output of "pacman -Q" attached.

* config and/or log files etc.
I have no xorg.conf. Few more logs attached (including Xorg.0.log)


Steps to reproduce:
I installed a fresh Arch (2009.08), did a "pacman -Syu", then installed "xorg", "xf86-video-drivers", "xf86-input-drivers", "openbox" and "obconf" - all with dependencies. I created a new user and ran "startx" from this user account.
   faillog (31.3 KiB)
   errors.log (4.7 KiB)
   kernel.log (771.1 KiB)
   Xorg.0.log (15.7 KiB)
   pacman-q.txt (4 KiB)
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 12 July 2010, 07:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  2010-07-10: A task closure has been requested. Reason for request: Works for me with fresh recent Arch
Comment by Maciej Ł (loziniak) - Tuesday, 01 December 2009, 20:57 GMT
Another Xorg.0.log. This time I removed openbox and oconf to be sure it's not their fault.
   Xorg.0.log (43.8 KiB)
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 01 December 2009, 23:02 GMT
Please update your kernel, 2.6.30 is outdated. You might also want to try KMS.
Comment by Maciej Ł (loziniak) - Tuesday, 01 December 2009, 23:51 GMT
I have the newest kernel (2.6.31.6-1) - see _pacman-q.txt_ I attached to the bug report.

I successfully set the KMS. Console is awesome in 1680x1050, but it hasn't solved my problem. I ran "startx" and again I got scrambled logs (see _Xorg.0.log.old_ I attach in this post), and I don't even see any graphics at all (without KMS there were three terminals and a clock), just a dead cursor in upper-left corner of the screen.

So I've got an idea maybe I'd uninstall xf86-video-vesa and leave just xf86-video-fbdev to force use of framebuffer. This time logs weren't messed up and the system hasn't halted so I could use console normally, but X hasn't started. See attached _Xorg.0.log_

   Xorg.0.log (7.8 KiB)
   Xorg.0.log.old (43.8 KiB)
Comment by Andreas Henriksson (sausageboy) - Thursday, 28 January 2010, 23:01 GMT
I'm having the exact same problem! When starting X, I can see the twm stuff, and the system appears to completely lock up. Not even the keyboard lights work. The log file shows similar corruption. I have a Radeon X1900 and an i686 processor. I'd be happy to post logs and try things if someone tells me what to do. :)
Comment by Maciej Ł (loziniak) - Saturday, 10 July 2010, 17:38 GMT
I installed a fresh Arch (2010.05) with xorg 1.8.1 and xf86-video-intel 2.11. And the xorg started to run. Thanks whoever fixed this :-) I attach my current list of packages.
   pacman-q.txt (4 KiB)

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