[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
I hope the above is enough to start debugging. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981813 Title: Linux freezes when pl

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
I used the "netconsole" method and got the following crash report with Ubuntu 12.04 daily build and the "Nouveau" driver: [ 574.999831] Loglevel set to 4 [ 580.144180] SysRq : Show State [ 676.540016] general protection fault: f200 [#1] SMP [ 676.540017] Modules linked in: nls_utf8 isofs ppd

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 the daily build and I confirm that the crash is identical with the Nouveau driver. Christopher I added the apport information above as you required. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected precise ** Description changed: Linux freezes hard every time I try to play a video from Yahoo using Chromium. I tried to get more information using another computer following the procedure describe here: https://help.ubuntu

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
blue balls, http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.33.5-lucid/ and http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.4-rc2-precise/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981813 Ti

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
Ok , I'll try to test it on the daily build for 12.04, but I don't see how that will help find the bug in 10.04. About the mainline kernels, which one shouls I test ? The absolutely latest, or the one that maps to my current kernel. >From : http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/info/kernel-versio

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
blue balls, please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/current/ . If the issue remains, please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accesso

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
Is that enough information to work on the bug ? If not, what else can I do ? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981813

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
I tried the "netconsole" method and this one provided some results. Here is the last part of the log, corresponding to the crash: [ 1539.423106] __ratelimit: 87 callbacks suppressed [ 1539.423119] chromium-browse[2735] general protection ip:b4d15ed9 sp:bf7fc8fc error:0 in chromium-browser[b41f5

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
I also removed the module "ati_agp" using: rmmod ati_agp before playing the video, but the crash still occured. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981813 Title: Linux freezes when

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
TO: Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch) I tried the procedure using the linux-crashdump package, but unfortunately there was nothing saved in /var/crash. In more detail: I did: echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_oops as root, then played the video which crashed the system. After reboot, th

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
Correction for the post above: " -instantaneous crash when inserting the Nouveau module: modprobe nouveau" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981813 Title: Linux freezes when

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-15 Thread blue balls
In Windows XP the crashes do not happen when playing videos. So far we know the following: -no crashes in Windows XP -regular, reproducible crashes when playing videos using the NVidia drivers: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-270.41.06 NVIDIA-Linux-x86-295.40 -instantaneous crash

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-14 Thread blue balls
Christopher, I'll try to do what you ask when I get a chance; right now I'm using Ubuntu 10.04. I'll see if I can install the daily build of 12.04. Meanwhile, I did some more testing: I removed the NVidia driver using its "--uninstall" option. Then, I did modprobe nouveau and the SYSTEM

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-14 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
blue balls, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please capture the oops following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/KernelTeamBugPolicies#Capturing_OOPs ? As well, please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD i

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-14 Thread blue balls
This is the address of the video which crashes my system every time: http://tv.yahoo.com/news/charlie-sheen-rises-from-the-dead-with-new --anger-management--promo.html Also, when I play "mkv" videos with mplayer, Linux crashes, not immediately, but after 10-15 minutes. -- You received this bu

[Bug 981813] Re: Linux freezes when playing video

2012-04-14 Thread blue balls
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