Random application segfaults on kernel 2.6.23.14

meqif · 2008-01-18 08:41:55

Hello everyone,

Since I upgraded to kernel26-2.6.23.14-1 I've been seeing errors like the following in dmesg:

gimp-2.4[6750]: segfault at 00000000 eip 0806acb0 esp bfb9bd90 error 4

Some applications randomly segfault and take Xorg down with them. Otherwise, the system is stable.

There's a thread at the Gentoo Forums which describes similar behaviour: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-47 … ml#4721771

I downgraded my kernel to 2.6.23.12-3 about 12 hours ago and I haven't seen that bizarre behaviour again. Before upgrading to 2.6.23.14 everything was running perfectly well. I think this is a kernel issue, not a hardware issue.

What are your thoughts on this?

Last edited by meqif (2008-01-18 08:42:51)

meqif · 2008-01-18 09:55:07

Update: It crashed again, while I was running 2.6.23.12-3. It might be related to a bug in the SetWMName Xmonad module. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-46 … ml#4636049

I'll recompile XMonad without that module and report here.

daedalusman · 2008-01-20 11:08:04

I seem to be having a similar problem with both 2.6.23.12 and 2.6.23.14, xorg will just crash seemingly randomly after just a short time of usage. I don't know if I'm getting the segfaults though, how can check on that? Also, I don't have this problem when using 2.6.23.9. Hopefully someone can enlighten us on this problem, thanks.

[edit]
I use openbox and am using the nvidia drivers.

Last edited by daedalusman (2008-01-20 11:08:56)

meqif · 2008-01-21 15:03:13

Ok, my system has been far more stable since I stopped using the SetWMName Xmonad module. It seems my problem was caused by it, not the kernel. Sorry for the noise.

daedalusman wrote:

I seem to be having a similar problem with both 2.6.23.12 and 2.6.23.14, xorg will just crash seemingly randomly after just a short time of usage. I don't know if I'm getting the segfaults though, how can check on that? Also, I don't have this problem when using 2.6.23.9. Hopefully someone can enlighten us on this problem, thanks.
[edit]
I use openbox and am using the nvidia drivers.

Check dmesg immediatly after xorg dies. From what you describe, the symptom isn't exactly the same: my xorg crashed because an application took it down; in your cause, xorg just dies. Sorry, I have no idea what it could be in your case.

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#1 2008-01-18 08:41:55

Random application segfaults on kernel 2.6.23.14

#2 2008-01-18 09:55:07

Re: Random application segfaults on kernel 2.6.23.14

#3 2008-01-20 11:08:04

Re: Random application segfaults on kernel 2.6.23.14

#4 2008-01-21 15:03:13

Re: Random application segfaults on kernel 2.6.23.14

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