It sounds like this problem: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487494 which is about the X server leaking memory, which causes swap thrashing which causes the kernel to spend a lot of time in IO-wait until the system becomes non-responsive. I haven't seen this with Ubuntu, but Jaunty uses the same version of X server and about the same version of the Intel drivers so its possible its the same problem.
Regardless, this is not relevant to this ticket. On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 15:11 +0000, Valentin Neacsu wrote: > I am having an issue with Jaunty on i915. Using Metacity, the CPU gets > slowly but surely eaten up with no obvious process eating up the CPU > cycles. "top" shows no process taking more than 5-10% CPU time, while > the "System Monitor" panel applet shows the CPU at 100% usage, with > "IOWait" eating up most of it. When this happens I gradually lose > control of the system, where sometimes I can reboot it, while other > times it just freezes trying to do it. Most programs stop responding > when this happens. Switching to text mode doesn't help as bash can't get > enough CPU time to initialize. I can reboot with the Magic SysRq key. I > can trigger this easily while on battery, usually within 5-10 minutes of > normal usage (browsing, reading PDFs etc). > > My question is if this bug is related to the above described symptoms, > or is it a completely different bug that's affecting me? > > Thanks. > ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #487494 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487494 -- [i965] X freezes starting on April 3rd https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359392 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
