Re: [gdm-list] Help! X/GDM crashes then dies while attempting to restart once per second

[Ray Strode <halfline gmail com>]

Hi,

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 5:35 PM, sarta53 <sarta53 yahoo com> wrote:

> [    4.517038] vga16fb: initializing
> [    4.517045] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000
> [    4.517268] fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
vga16fb ? you don't want or need that I think.

> # tail /var/log/messages
> May 28 17:22:22 ubuntu pulseaudio[9271]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
> May 28 17:22:22 ubuntu pulseaudio[9271]: main.c: Unable to contact D-Bus:
> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoServer: Failed to connect to socket
> /tmp/dbus-i7xEal70Ls: Connection refused
Looks like your dbus exited because your X crashed.

> Fatal server error:
> Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error
Some sort of driver issue here.

> # tail /usr/adm/kern.log
> May 28 17:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [577246.001043] [drm:i915_gem_idle] *ERROR*
> hardware wedged
> May 28 17:45:55 ubuntu kernel: [577247.175163] [drm:i915_gem_entervt_ioctl]
> *ERROR* Reenabling wedged hardware, good luck
> May 28 17:45:55 ubuntu kernel: [577247.488009] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed]
> *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
Yea, you're hitting kernel driver bug of some sort.  I'd either file a
bug with your distribution or talk to the intel graphics guys on
freenode.

--Ray