FS#17495 - Sometimes X would crash or the keyboard would freeze

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Diego Viola (diegoviola) - Sunday, 13 December 2009, 22:51 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Monday, 14 December 2009, 18:08 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Sometimes X would hard lock, crash or the keyboard would freeze randomly. When it crashes the whole X dies and all my X apps too. When it hard lock or the keyboard freezes all my applications are still running, but I can't control anything because the keyboard wont respond, only the mouse responds. And the only way to go back to normal is to kill X and start again.



Additional info:
* package version(s)

X.Org X Server 1.7.1.901 (1.7.2 RC 1)
Release Date: 2009-11-6
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.31-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux myhost 2.6.31-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 10 19:48:17 CET 2009 i686
Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/d218dd04-f74d-4a09-88af-44a0faf4f942 ro
Build Date: 08 November 2009 04:12:47PM

NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 190.42 Tue Oct 20 20:18:32 PDT 2009
GCC version: gcc-Version 4.4.2 (GCC)

KDE 4.3.3
qt-4.5.3-3

Archlinux is up-to-date (2009-12-13)


* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:

This happens randomly. I attach a file (keyboard_freeze.txt) where the keyboard froze, and I went back to TTY1 and made a C^X (ctrl-c) in order to stop X and start it again.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Monday, 14 December 2009, 18:08 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Diego Viola (diegoviola) - Sunday, 13 December 2009, 22:52 GMT
Attach keyboard_freeze.txt file.
   keyboard_freeze.txt (16.8 KiB)
Comment by Diego Viola (diegoviola) - Sunday, 13 December 2009, 23:18 GMT
I've been trying to reproduce this with the nouveau driver and it doesn't happen anymore. It seems like the problem was related to the NVIDIA proprietary driver.
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Sunday, 13 December 2009, 23:22 GMT
the xorg-server that you are using is old. since then we had 3 new versions(i think).
the current version from extra is 1.7.3.901-1 a.k.a 1.7.4 RC1
Comment by Diego Viola (diegoviola) - Sunday, 13 December 2009, 23:24 GMT
Well, I do this but I don't receive any updates...

[root@myhost ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
local database is up to date
[root@myhost ~]#
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Sunday, 13 December 2009, 23:25 GMT
change your mirror and select one which is up to date from here:
http://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus
http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html
Comment by Diego Viola (diegoviola) - Sunday, 13 December 2009, 23:33 GMT
Thanks, I changed the mirror to http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/ and it's updating now.

I will let you know if this occurs again after I upgrade.
Comment by Diego Viola (diegoviola) - Monday, 14 December 2009, 18:07 GMT
I upgraded my Arch installation and I haven't experienced this problem anymore, even with the NVIDIA driver.

Feel free to close the bug report.

Thanks.

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