FS#8697 - system freeze upon watching a video

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Raeven K. Bathory (kumico) - Sunday, 18 November 2007, 22:49 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 12:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture i686
Severity Critical
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
kernel26-2.6.23.8-1-i686 ,, system freeze when i attempt to watch a video ,, there is no issue with the video itself ,, ive tried multiple videos is multiple players/backends; always the same result ,, system freeze.
everything else works as normal

Additional info:
* kernel26 2.6.23.8-1
* no logs are updated (full lockup)
* video driver: nvidia

Steps to reproduce:
watch a video
This task depends upon

Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Monday, 19 November 2007, 12:50 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by George P (illicium) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 05:09 GMT
The same crash happened to me when I upgraded to 2.6.23.8-1. The problem seems to be in the nvidia kernel module which is not playing nice with the new kernel version. Attached is the kernel crash log.
   crash.log (3.1 KiB)
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 06:16 GMT
you use nvidiafb in combination with nvidia module that is not recommended at all
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 10:31 GMT
Modules linked in: ext2 nvidiafb fb_ddc i2c_algo_bit vgastate usbhid hid ff_memless nvidia(P) pcspkr ohci1394 ieee1394 i2c_viapro i2c_core firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t rtc_cmos rtc_core rtc_lib ehci_hcd shpchp pci_hotplug tsdev emu10k1_gp gameport via_rhine mii via_agp agpgart uhci_hcd snd_emu10k1 evdev snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_util_mem snd_hwdep snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device thermal processor fan button snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_mixer_oss battery ac vboxdrv snd_rtctimer snd_timer snd soundcore rtc usbcore ext3 jbd mbcache ide_cd cdrom ide_disk generic via82cxxx ide_core sd_mod sata_via libata

you also use vboxdrv, are you sure that it was rebuild against the latest kernel versions which have the timerstats enabled?
Comment by Hussam Al-Tayeb (hussam) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 11:23 GMT
I fully updated to testing earlier today (all packages). I got a similar issue here. Rebuilding the nvidia driver against 2.6.23.8 fixed it.
Comment by Hussam Al-Tayeb (hussam) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 11:24 GMT
Note, I don't use nvidiafb or vboxdrv.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 11:34 GMT
hussam you also updated nvidia during this run?
Comment by Hussam Al-Tayeb (hussam) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 12:30 GMT
yes. But after I restarted the computer, it would freeze when I open tvtime or totem-xine (both uses th Xv entention). I rebuilt the nvidia driver and now the new kernel is running brilliantly.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 12:31 GMT
yes rebuilds are on the ay got an other confirm on irc, sigh what changed again.
in an hour it is fixed
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 12:50 GMT
fixed with -5 package of nvidia

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