Hard Lockup upon VC Login above Runlevel 1

schivmeister · 2008-07-29 14:31:46

Relevant Hardware: Intel 945 Chipset; Intel GMA 950
Relevant Software: KDEmod (No KDE-related update after last reboot, only Qt but that is from [extra])

The last thing I did was to run the N64 emulator "mupen64plus" and double-click on a game. It was supposed to open a new window as usual, but this time it went fullscreen and I never saw the desktop again. It flashed for about every 5 seconds or so and it looked like it was struggling to do something. I was sure it was something related to Xorg, but according to pacman's log there was no video-related update after the last reboot. Rebooted, and again when KDM was supposed to startup (I use the inittab method) the screen kept flashing like before.

I then tried switching to a VC, tried logging in as my user and it just froze after I typed in the username. I switched to another VC and logged in as root, same thing. I booted up with a rescue CD and edited inittab to boot me straight to a VC. Restarted, but no luck at all. Rescue CD again, checked out Xorg logs and there were two, one old, but both empty. Changed init to runlevel 1, and I could finally get in. The following is what I could salvage:

pacman.log

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# Last significant log after last reboot

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[2008-07-28 03:59] synchronizing package lists
[2008-07-28 04:01] starting full system upgrade
[2008-07-28 04:29] synchronizing package lists
[2008-07-28 04:30] starting full system upgrade
[2008-07-28 04:30] upgraded hunspell (1.2.4-1 -> 1.2.6-1)
[2008-07-28 04:31] upgraded xulrunner (1.9.0.1-1 -> 1.9.0.1-2)
[2008-07-28 04:31] warning: /etc/mime.types saved as /etc/mime.types.pacorig
[2008-07-28 04:31] installed mime-types (1.0-1)
[2008-07-28 04:31] upgraded firefox (3.0.1-1 -> 3.0.1-2)
[2008-07-28 04:31] upgraded preload (0.4-6 -> 0.6-1)
[2008-07-28 04:31] upgraded qt (4.4.0-6 -> 4.4.0-7)
[2008-07-28 04:31] upgraded smartmontools (5.37-1 -> 5.38-1)
[2008-07-28 04:32] Note:
[2008-07-28 04:32] ==> If you experience sound problems try setting your SDL_AUDIODRIVER environment variable to "dma"
[2008-07-28 04:32] ==> eg. export SDL_AUDIODRIVER="dma" ; wesnoth
[2008-07-28 04:32] ==> If "dma" doesn't work,other options are: dsp,alsa,artsc,esd,nas try to find the right output.
[2008-07-28 04:32] upgraded wesnoth (1.4.3-1 -> 1.4.4-1)
[2008-07-28 04:32] 
[2008-07-28 04:32] ==> In order to see all the optional dependencies of the wine package, issue the
[2008-07-28 04:32] following command: "pacman -Qi wine"
[2008-07-28 04:32] 
[2008-07-28 04:32] upgraded wine (1.1.1-1 -> 1.1.2-1)
[2008-07-28 04:32] upgraded zip (2.32-1 -> 3.0-1)

kdm.log

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# I really don't know why Qt is still referencing files in /tmp at this point after the
# first reboot upon lockup but maybe a few things didn't clear out properly.

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X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.25-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux v3000 2.6.25-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 14 15:25:51 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 21 June 2008  05:47:59PM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 28 23:17:34 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
expected keysym, got XF86Info: line 914 of inet
QSettings: error creating /tmp/0967556202/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0967556202/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings: error creating /tmp/0967556202/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0967556202/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings: error creating /tmp/0967556202/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0967556202/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings: error creating /tmp/0967556202/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0967556202/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings: error creating /tmp/0967556202/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0967556202/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings: error creating /tmp/0967556202/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0967556202/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
Error in I830WaitLpRing(), timeout for 2 seconds
pgetbl_ctl: 0x7ffc0001 getbl_err: 0x00000003
ipeir: 0x00000000 iphdr: 0x54f00006
LP ring tail: 0x00000a00 head: 0x00000000 len: 0x0001f001 start 0x00000000
eir: 0x0000 esr: 0x0010 emr: 0xffff
instdone: 0x68c1 instpm: 0x0000
memmode: 0x0000010f instps: 0x800f0044
hwstam: 0xfffe ier: 0x0002 imr: 0x0000 iir: 0x0070
Ring at virtual 0xa7afb000 head 0x0 tail 0xa00 count 640
    0001ff80: 02000011
    0001ff84: 00000000
    0001ff88: 02000011
    0001ff8c: 00000000
    0001ff90: 02000011
    0001ff94: 00000000
    0001ff98: 02000011
    0001ff9c: 00000000
    0001ffa0: 02000011
    0001ffa4: 00000000
    0001ffa8: 02000011
    0001ffac: 00000000
    0001ffb0: 02000011
    0001ffb4: 00000000
    0001ffb8: 02000011
    0001ffbc: 00000000
    0001ffc0: 02000011
    0001ffc4: 00000000
    0001ffc8: 02000011
    0001ffcc: 00000000
    0001ffd0: 02000011
    0001ffd4: 00000000
    0001ffd8: 02000011
    0001ffdc: 00000000
    0001ffe0: 02000011
    0001ffe4: 00000000
    0001ffe8: 02000011
    0001ffec: 00000000
    0001fff0: 02000011
    0001fff4: 00000000
    0001fff8: 02000011
    0001fffc: 00000000
    00000000: 0c000000
Ring end
space: 128504 wanted 131064

Fatal server error:
lockup

Error in I830WaitLpRing(), timeout for 2 seconds
pgetbl_ctl: 0x7ffc0001 getbl_err: 0x00000003
ipeir: 0x00000000 iphdr: 0x54f00006
LP ring tail: 0x00000a08 head: 0x00000000 len: 0x0001f001 start 0x00000000
eir: 0x0000 esr: 0x0010 emr: 0xffff
instdone: 0x68c1 instpm: 0x0000
memmode: 0x0000010f instps: 0x800f0044
hwstam: 0xfffe ier: 0x0002 imr: 0x0000 iir: 0x0070
Ring at virtual 0xa7afb000 head 0x0 tail 0xa08 count 642
    0001ff80: 02000011
    0001ff84: 00000000
    0001ff88: 02000011
    0001ff8c: 00000000
    0001ff90: 02000011
    0001ff94: 00000000
    0001ff98: 02000011
    0001ff9c: 00000000
    0001ffa0: 02000011
    0001ffa4: 00000000
    0001ffa8: 02000011
    0001ffac: 00000000
    0001ffb0: 02000011
    0001ffb4: 00000000
    0001ffb8: 02000011
    0001ffbc: 00000000
    0001ffc0: 02000011
    0001ffc4: 00000000
    0001ffc8: 02000011
    0001ffcc: 00000000
    0001ffd0: 02000011
    0001ffd4: 00000000
    0001ffd8: 02000011
    0001ffdc: 00000000
    0001ffe0: 02000011
    0001ffe4: 00000000
    0001ffe8: 02000011
    0001ffec: 00000000
    0001fff0: 02000011
    0001fff4: 00000000
    0001fff8: 02000011
    0001fffc: 00000000
    00000000: 00000000
Ring end
space: 128496 wanted 131064

FatalError re-entered, aborting
lockup

krootimage: Fatal IO error: client killed

X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.25-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux v3000 2.6.25-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 14 15:25:51 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 21 June 2008  05:47:59PM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 28 23:17:47 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
expected keysym, got XF86Info: line 914 of inet
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

# Tried different kernels; same output except for the last line above which appears only once there

This may or may not be a bug. After noting http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10430 it appeared somewhat similar, the only (big) difference being that the VC locks up right after username input @ >= init 3. The synaptics trick does not work. Could this be a missing ~/ startup config or security file?

Last edited by schivmeister (2008-07-29 15:18:43)

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#1 2008-07-29 14:31:46

Hard Lockup upon VC Login above Runlevel 1

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