On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 08:56:52AM -0500, Chris wrote: > This is an issue that has been ongoing for over 1 1/2 years now. I have > tried kernel after kernel and whether it's a Ubuntu kernel such as the > one in my sig or a kernel from here - > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/drm-intel-next/ the video > will intermittently freeze. Running XScreensaver causes it to freeze > when switching between the different screen savers showing a black > screen and the mouse cursor. The cursor can be moved and will switch > between the arrow and the hand tool if hovering over a clickable area on > the desktop even though it can't be seen. Giving an error output in my > syslog of > > kernel: [578631.820045] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed [i915]] *ERROR* > Hangcheck timer elapsed... render ring idle Known problem and we never managed to fix it. The first time it happens a workaround should kick in, which should prevent any future freezes (until you reboot at least). If freezes still happen after that there's another bug on top. -Daniel > > I was able to reproduce this yesterday by starting XScreensaver at > 9:43am and at 13:44pm the video froze giving the above error. At other > times when XScreensaver is not running the video will still randomly > freeze however there is no specific time frame for this to happen. I've > seen it go 2 days then freeze and have also seen it go 16 days then > freeze. As I've said previously all background operations continue to > run as just the video is frozen. > > I have had the random freeze happen when running this kernelkernel > 4.0.0-997-generic #201503310205 SMP Tue Mar > 31 02:07:04 UTC 2015 which Chris Wilson from this list had me run kernel > kernel 4.0.0-997-generic #201503310205 SMP Tue Mar > 31 02:07:04 UTC 2015 however when I attempted to file a bug report at > Ubuntu Launchpad it was not accepted so the Ubuntu kernel folks had me > switch to kernel 4.2.3-040203-generic #201510030832 SMP Sat Oct 3 > 12:34:31 UTC 2015 which although is an upstream kernel is what they > wanted me to run. The bug report that I've filed on Launchpad is > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1497627 > > I've attempted to boot into the following Ubuntu upstream kernels: > > v4.3-rc5-unstable - Boot process would begin but would not complete > v4.3-rc4-unstable - same as above > v4.3-rc3-unstable - same as above > v4.3-rc2-unstable - Same as above > v4.3-rc1-unstable - Same as above > > I also attempted last night to boot into > > v4.3-rc5-unstable from > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D which gave the > same results. The boot process would begin but then go to just a black > screen without completing. > > I have either filed or commented on the following bugs also: > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75394 > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89290 > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91495 > > System info is: > > Dell Optiplex 780 > Bios A15 > Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS > Gnome 3.12.2 > > Am I still the only one who is experiencing this issue? > -- > Chris > KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C > 31.11°N 97.89°W (Elev. 1092 ft) > 07:57:25 up 11:34, 1 user, load average: 0.37, 0.41, 0.33 > Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, kernel 4.2.3-040203-generic #201510030832 SMP Sat > Oct 3 12:34:31 UTC 2015 > > _______________________________________________ > Intel-gfx mailing list > Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx -- Daniel Vetter Software Engineer, Intel Corporation http://blog.ffwll.ch _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
