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FS#17804 - [xorg] X uses up 100% of cpu - seems to be evdev 2.3.2

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Michel Brabants (MichelB) - Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 17:42 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Tuesday, 07 June 2011, 08:27 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
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 1
Private No

Details

Description: X-prococess uses 100% of cpu.

Hello, I don't know why yet, but xorg starts using up 100% of the cpu regulary (every time I used the computer). It is enough to annoy me and this unstable situation doesn't allow me to trust the current platform-stability.

Anyway, it always happens when using firefox, but I'm not sure if it is related. I also have an xorg-log-file, which contains the error and traceback. An extract:

[mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x4b04e8]
1: /usr/bin/X (mieqEnqueue+0x1f4) [0x4a9874]
2: /usr/bin/X (xf86PostMotionEventP+0xce) [0x48790e]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0x7f01aca09000+0x503f) [0x7f01aca0e03f]
4: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x72027) [0x472027]
5: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x11de63) [0x51de63]
6: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f01c46cd000+0xee80) [0x7f01c46dbe80]
7: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x61a80) [0x461a80]
8: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f01c46cd000+0xee80) [0x7f01c46dbe80]
9: /lib/libc.so.6 (ioctl+0x7) [0x7f01c3a21a57]
10: /usr/lib/libdrm.so.2 (drmDMA+0x7d) [0x7f01c25ff26d]
11: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f01c1f58000+0x12922) [0x7f01c1f6a922]
12: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f01c1f58000+0x12c6f) [0x7f01c1f6ac6f]
13: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f01c1f58000+0x682e5) [0x7f01c1fc02e5]
14: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f01c16fd000+0x548f) [0x7f01c170248f]
15: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f01c16fd000+0x5861) [0x7f01c1702861]
16: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f01c16fd000+0x61e7) [0x7f01c17031e7]
17: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f01c16fd000+0xcf07) [0x7f01c1709f07]
18: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f01c16fd000+0xdee2) [0x7f01c170aee2]
19: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xe0680) [0x4e0680]
20: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f01c16fd000+0xcaf8) [0x7f01c1709af8]
21: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xd8487) [0x4d8487]
22: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x41754) [0x441754]
23: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x219ec) [0x4219ec]
24: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f01c3978b6d]
25: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x21599) [0x421599]

So, it seems related to the evdev-driver, which is version 2.3.2-1

Additional info:
* package version(s):extra/xf86-input-evdev 2.3.2-1 (xorg-input-drivers)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Tuesday, 07 June 2011, 08:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  None
Additional comments about closing:  old
Comment by Michel Brabants (MichelB) - Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 11:28 GMT
Hello,

just for reference. Yesterday I updated my ati-driver (as I no longer believe it is evdev) to the latest from git. Up till now ... there have been no issues, but the test-period is too short to confirm anything. Anyway, I don't like using something from the development-branch, but if it is stable ..., then I'm happy.

Kind regards,

Michel
Comment by Kai Samelin (Kai) - Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 18:15 GMT
Hmm I have the same problem but normally no errors in the Xorg.log;

May you test if the site http://studip.uni-passau.de lags, please?
I get a hang over 15s; I'll try the new drivers next.
Comment by Kai Samelin (Kai) - Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 19:36 GMT
Ok, the new drivers do NOT fix the problem for me.

Any other solutions?

@Michel does this work for you smootlhy in ff?

http://studip.uni-passau.de ?

I have the bad feeling that embedded iframes causes the problem to uncover.

Kate and okular scrolling is slow as well (X @ 90-100%)
Comment by Michel Brabants (MichelB) - Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 22:49 GMT
Hey Kai,

I'm not at home anymore, so I can't test it at the moment. I can test it during the weekend. The new drivers seem to fix my 100% cpu problem however. Not one lockup today ...

So, I'll add a comment in the weekend.

Michel
Comment by Kai Samelin (Kai) - Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 23:02 GMT
Hi Michael,

ok, sounds fine.

I discovered something; if DRI is disabled everything but 3D works fine.
Comment by Michel Brabants (MichelB) - Saturday, 16 January 2010, 15:07 GMT
Hey,

I have no problem with the site you mentionned.

Kind regards,

Michel
Comment by Warren Huard (Warren) - Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 08:48 GMT
I also seem to have this problem of X using 100% of the CPU, but only when running KDE. It works fine in Openbox.
Comment by Kai Samelin (Kai) - Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 11:19 GMT
@Warren
What kind of graphic card are you using?
Comment by Warren Huard (Warren) - Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 17:07 GMT
I'm using an ATI card with the xf86-video-ati 6.12.4-3 & ati-dri 7.7-1 drivers on x86_64.
Comment by Kai Samelin (Kai) - Thursday, 21 January 2010, 16:37 GMT
@Warren
What card exactly?

I guess there are still many problems related to ATI Cards >= RV600 esp. with AGP connector.
Comment by Warren Huard (Warren) - Thursday, 21 January 2010, 22:13 GMT
@Kai

From lspci:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series

Like I said though, I only have this problem in KDE, specifically KDEmod. (It works fine in Openbox.) Is this also the case for you?
Comment by Kai Samelin (Kai) - Thursday, 21 January 2010, 22:38 GMT
Do you have KMS or 3D enabled?
Comment by Warren Huard (Warren) - Friday, 22 January 2010, 03:22 GMT
... I don't have KMS enabled, and I don't think it is enabled by default for relatively recent cards such as mine. DRI is enabled and indeed seemed to work nicely out-of-the-box; I didn't need to set-up a xorg.conf file to get 3D and the like working.
Comment by Kai Samelin (Kai) - Friday, 22 January 2010, 11:55 GMT
@Warren

same problem here; may you try the git driver and enable KMS late start?

This solved the problem for me but I dont have 3d then.
Comment by Kai Samelin (Kai) - Friday, 22 January 2010, 13:18 GMT
@Warren

same problem here; may you try the git driver and enable KMS late start?

This solved the problem for me but I dont have 3d then.
Comment by Warren Huard (Warren) - Saturday, 23 January 2010, 21:03 GMT
@Kai

I might try that later to see what happens, but now isn't a good time.
Comment by Warren Huard (Warren) - Thursday, 11 February 2010, 01:04 GMT
@Kai

I switched to KDE 4.4 in the main Arch repositories today and now it all works fine.
Comment by Paul Mattal (paul) - Friday, 05 March 2010, 13:23 GMT
Michel, are you still seeing the same problem? If so, does it go away if you downgrade to xf86-input-evdev 2.3.1?
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 27 May 2010, 17:31 GMT
Is this still an issue with xorg from testing?
Comment by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Monday, 28 June 2010, 20:59 GMT
status?
Comment by Álvaro Villalba Navarro (lostevil) - Saturday, 14 August 2010, 21:20 GMT
I'm using KDE 4.4 (extra) without composite in two computers, and I'm experiencing the same annoying issue.
Both computers has an nvidia graphic card and work with the proprietary drivers.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 10 March 2011, 20:03 GMT
This is likely caused by a hanging videodriver, I see the radeon driver listed in the backtrace. When using KMS with the latest driver, does this still happen?
Comment by Andrew Burkett (kett) - Tuesday, 05 April 2011, 20:53 GMT
I'm getting this error on the latest kernel/drivers in testing. I've got dual monitors and it seems to only happen with both of them plugged in. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can try to get this resolved?

It always appears pretty soon after I open up LibreOffice. If I stick to browsing and terminal use, it never comes up. I've tried other graphics oriented programs and it works fine with them. From the log, there are always two backtraces listed. There's one and then a few seconds later there is the EQ overflowing message, so it looks like something crashes first, which quickly causes X to crash.

When it happens, I can move the cursor, but I can't do anything else. I'm using Xfce4 right now. It happens on Gnome as well. And I believe I tried Openbox at one point, and it still happened.

Installed Packages:
kernel26 2.6.38.2-1 xf86-video-ati 6.14.1-1 ati-dri

lspci:
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R520GL [FireGL V7200] (Secondary)
Comment by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 16:12 GMT
Please Andrew file a new bug report about your issue.
Closing.

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