Finally I have managed to trap more information on this bug. Here is from my /var/log/messages in the past few days. What you see at the top of the list is the npviewer segfault, and you can see that this is not fatal, at least not directly by any means, as the computer kept running apparently normally for more than three hours afterwards. Then suddenly at three o'clock in the night, something not usual takes place. I cannot understand what is going on - but you can also see that when I returned to the computer the following afternoon I had to restart it to get something done.
Apr 29 23:51:00 localhost kernel: [50992.665836] npviewer.bin[20030]: segfault at 00000000f5dff030 rip 00000000f793e404 rsp 00000000ff959958 error 4 Apr 30 00:08:28 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 00:28:29 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 00:48:29 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 01:08:29 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 01:28:29 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 01:48:29 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 02:08:29 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 02:28:30 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 02:48:30 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 03:08:30 localhost -- MARK -- Apr 30 03:09:59 localhost kernel: [62924.460685] Apr 30 03:09:59 localhost kernel: [62924.460686] Call Trace: <ffffffff802bab78>{bad_page+88} <ffffffff8020a202>{get_page_from_freelist+834} Apr 30 03:09:59 localhost kernel: [62924.460728] <ffffffff8020f02e>{__alloc_pages+110} <ffffffff8028de20>{default_wake_function+0} Apr 30 03:09:59 localhost kernel: [62924.460744] <ffffffff8022dbc1>{get_zeroed_page+33} <ffffffff80216133>{__pte_alloc+35} Apr 30 03:09:59 localhost kernel: [62924.460753] <ffffffff80208334>{copy_page_range+1236} <ffffffff8020815d>{copy_page_range+765} Apr 30 03:09:59 localhost kernel: [62924.460777] <ffffffff802200e5>{copy_process+3221} <ffffffff80233818>{do_fork+264} Apr 30 03:09:59 localhost kernel: [62924.460802] <ffffffff80222b00>{__up_read+80} <ffffffff8026580e>{system_call+126} Apr 30 03:09:59 localhost kernel: [62924.460817] <ffffffff80265b1b>{ptregscall_common+103} Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708697] CPU 0 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708699] Modules linked in: nfs lockd sunrpc binfmt_misc rfcomm hidp l2cap bluetooth cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_user space cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative freq_table tc1100_wmi video battery container sbs button pcc_acpi sony_acpi i2c_ec ac dev_acpi asus_acpi hotkey nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat nls_utf8 ntfs dm_mod md_mod ipv6 fuse sr_mod sbp2 lp af_packet tsdev snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec sg parport_pc joydev snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss wacom nvidia snd_pcm parport i2c_core snd_timer shpchp evdev psmouse pci_hotplug serio_raw snd pcspkr soundcore snd_page_alloc reiserfs usbhid forcedeth ohci1394 ohci_hcd iee e1394 ehci_hcd usbcore ide_generic ahci jmicron ide_cd cdrom sd_mod sata_nv libata scsi_mod generic amd74xx thermal processor fan vesafb capability commoncap vga16fb cfb copyarea vgastate cfbimgblt cfbfillrect fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708737] Pid: 20545, comm: artsd Tainted: P B 2.6.17-10-generic #2 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708740] RIP: 0010:[set_page_dirty+34/80] <ffffffff802bb822>{set_page_dirty+34} Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708748] RSP: 0018:ffff810026157db0 EFLAGS: 00010282 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708752] RAX: 56b8000000000000 RBX: ffff810053d71c58 RCX: ffff810001010400 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708756] RDX: ffff8100622b3b02 RSI: 800000002767d045 RDI: ffff81007eb91b58 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708759] RBP: 0000000000600000 R08: ffff810026157ea8 R09: 0000000000000000 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708761] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 000000000058b000 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708765] R13: ffff81007eb91b58 R14: 000000002767d045 R15: 00000000003a1fd2 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708768] FS: 00002b2fe40d2910(0000) GS:ffffffff805f3000(0000) knlGS:00000000f75766b0 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708771] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708774] CR2: 00002b2fe2035000 CR3: 0000000030761000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708778] Process artsd (pid: 20545, threadinfo ffff810026156000, task ffff81000ba791a0) Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708779] Stack: ffffffff80207adf 800000005f44b065 0000000000000000 ffff810026157ea8 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708786] ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 ffff810060712e30 ffff810026157eb0 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708792] 0000000000000000 00000001651a9c60 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708795] Call Trace: <ffffffff80207adf>{unmap_vmas+1039} <ffffffff8023d96c>{exit_mmap+124} Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708824] <ffffffff80240214>{mmput+52} <ffffffff80215100>{do_exit+560} Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708840] <ffffffff8024ebd8>{do_group_exit+200} <ffffffff8026580e>{system_call+126} Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708858] Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708860] Code: 48 8b 40 20 48 85 c0 74 06 49 89 c3 41 ff e3 e9 da 48 01 00 Apr 30 03:10:07 localhost kernel: [62931.708874] <1>Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed! Apr 30 03:17:01 localhost kernel: [63345.446360] cron[20548]: segfault at 0000000000000e03 rip 0000000000000e03 rsp 00007fff9392ced0 error 14 Apr 30 03:19:34 localhost kernel: [63498.048658] Xorg[5312] trap invalid opcode rip:2b5df8c17660 rsp:7fffb2852fd8 error:0 Apr 30 13:23:19 localhost syslogd 1.4.1#18ubuntu6: restart. Apr 30 13:23:19 localhost kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.17-10-generic Apr 30 13:23:19 localhost kernel: Loaded 23625 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.17-10-generic. Apr 30 13:23:19 localhost kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.17. -- screensaver (?) locks up computer or causes reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/91132 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs