Intel graphics freeze. DRM errors.

pogeymanz · 2014-03-17 14:30:07

This started happening in the last couple of days. I'll be using my computer like a good boy and then the UI just completely freezes. I switch to TTY1 and errors like these are repeatedly printed to the screen:

 [drm:init_ring_common] *ERROR* render ring head not reset to zero ctl 00000000 head 02001000 tail 00000000 start 02001000

This happens in KDE and Gnome. I can't find any consistent way to trigger it.

I usually run the ck-kernel, but I've tried with stock too and it still happens.

I used to get artifacts from SNA acceleration, so I had UXA set. It happens with either UXA or SNA acceleration.

karol · 2014-03-17 14:40:14

What graphics hardware are you using?

nomorewindows · 2014-03-17 16:10:07

I just had a kernel oops involving drm_kms_helper. I think it has to do with dual headed operation.

pogeymanz · 2014-03-17 19:36:10

I think my issue might be related to this: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39344

I rolled back to the 10.0.3 mesa packages and we'll see if I see the issue again.

karol · 2014-03-17 19:40:27

Anything interesting in the logs / systemd's journal?

nomorewindows · 2014-03-17 20:12:18

karol wrote:

Anything interesting in the logs / systemd's journal?

Don't think so, I just had to take a snapshot of the kernel panic itself.

nomorewindows · 2014-03-18 01:18:43

Here's what I can read of the call trace from the kernel oops/panic:

dump_stack
panic
do_exit
get_signal_to_deliver
do_signal
do_notify_resume
retint_signal
drm_kms_helper: panic occurred, switching back to text console

Looks like the call stack is more related to the panic instead of the drm_kms_helper.

trimm · 2014-03-18 23:07:33

Hello,

I got the same problem, both with UXA and SNA acceleration. Happens randomly, and been since Ive upgraded from 10.0.3-1.
However when I try do roll back to mesa.10.0.3-1 I get dependencies issue(intel-dri and mesa-libgl) and with mesa-libgl.10.0.3-1 I get "warning: cannot resolve "mesa=10.0.3", a dependency of "mesa-libgl"
Pogemanz: how did you manage to roll back? (I used pacman -U..)

karol · 2014-03-18 23:09:50

Have you tried to downgrade mesa-libgl as well?

trimm · 2014-03-19 20:15:19

Yes, I then get:

sudo pacman -U mesa-libgl-10.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz 
loading packages...
warning: downgrading package mesa-libgl (10.1.0-4 => 10.0.3-1)
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "mesa=10.0.3", a dependency of "mesa-libgl"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      mesa-libgl

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] y
looking for inter-conflicts...
 there is nothing to do

karol · 2014-03-19 20:20:56

Try downgrading both at the same time:

sudo pacman -U mesa-libgl-10.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz sudo pacman -U mesa-10.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

trimm · 2014-03-19 20:31:19

Thank you so much karol! It worked wonderfully with this:

sudo pacman -U mesa-libgl-10.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz mesa-10.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz intel-dri-10.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

Learning something new with Arch every day

nickpcrogers · 2014-03-19 23:32:37

I had a similar problem; I'd been seeing graphical artifacts all over the place for the last week or two, culminating in X freezing completely twice this morning. Downgraded mesa, mesa-libgl and intel-dri (the first two wouldn't downgrade unless I also downgraded the third), and haven't seen any issues since.

Example of artifacts for posterity:

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#1 2014-03-17 14:30:07

Intel graphics freeze. DRM errors.

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