FS#68229 - [gnome-shell] page allocation failure.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by bartus (bartus) - Monday, 12 October 2020, 22:34 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 02 June 2023, 07:02 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

After gnome shell update to `3.38.1` system crashes with kernel error `page allocation failure` after system starts swapping memory pages. Tends to work longer when started with `desktop manager` (e.q gdm) and shorter when started with `startx`.

All desktop elements stay frozen despite mouse cursors is able to move. Beside that system works fine.

Replacing gnome-shell with `DISLAY=.0:0 gnome-shell --replace` results only in cursor getting frozen too.

Additional info:
* package version: {gnome-shell:3.38.1,xorg-server:1.20.9,nvidia:455.28,gpu:gtx980,mem:16g,swap:32g}
* files.txz
.* systemd-journal dump for startx and gdm session crases.
.* .xinitrc file.
? inspect journal with `journalctl --file=file.journal`

Steps to reproduce:
* Run `gnome-shell` session
* Force system to start swapping memory.
   files.txz (1.13 MiB)
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Friday, 02 June 2023, 07:02 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Additional comments about closing:  Plus it's old and stale. If still an issue, please report upstream.
Comment by bartus (bartus) - Monday, 12 October 2020, 22:58 GMT
Restarting `gdm.service` via ssh allows to recover the system. Strangely stopping `gdm.service` results in blank screen but with working tty (can login and restart gdm.service blindly)
Comment by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Monday, 12 October 2020, 23:00 GMT
Probably a problem in the nvidia driver. Please get support from NVIDIA.
Comment by blueman (blueman) - Sunday, 01 November 2020, 18:12 GMT
Same issue here with Nvidia graphics card. How are you sure it's not a gnome-shell bug, since it started happening after the 3.38 update?
Comment by mattia (nTia89) - Saturday, 12 March 2022, 09:06 GMT
I cannot reproduce the bug. Does recent version fixed your issue?

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