Control: severity -1 important Control: fixed -1 5.4.19-1 Control: retitle -1 linux-image-4.19.0-5-amd64: nouveau driver sometimes crashes
Hi, Thanks for the clarification. On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 01:05:20PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2020-03-30 09:06:15 +0200, Ivo De Decker wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 09:43:42PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > I don't think so, except the use of the nouveau driver, of course. > > > But there were no issues for years. I think that problems started > > > to occur after some kernel upgrade. Now, I haven't had any problem > > > since December, I think. > > > > Do you think the problem is gone with the kernel you are running now? > > I don't know. I don't use this machine often, except remotely > (via ssh). But problems with the nouveau driver were common > (and a crash could occur in the nouveau driver even when using > the machine remotely only), and I haven't seen any issue recently, > even the last few times I logged in physically. It seems the main issue you were seeing was (is?) that the nouveau driver wasn't always very stable. I suspect this wasn't limited to logout only. > > What version is that? > > linux-image-5.4.0-4-amd64 5.4.19-1 > > ypig:~> uname -a > Linux ypig 5.4.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.4.19-1 (2020-02-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux Ok, let's assume the issue is no longer present there. > > > > Also, I don't think this bug is really 'grave'. Even if private > > > > information remains on the screen, the user can see that, and > > > > take action to avoid it. > > > > > > Not if one logs out remotely. > > > > What do you mean by that? > > I sometimes log in physically, but go away without logging out first > (there are sometimes a good reason, e.g. if some computation program > hasn't finished yet and I had not started it in "screen"). I can > later log in via ssh and kill the X session. Oh. I assumed you were talking about a text console, but it seems you're talking about a graphical login. In any case, I don't think this qualifies as a grave bug, so I'm downgrading it. Cheers, Ivo
