Public bug reported: On my very old laptop, that is equipped with an Ati Mobility Radeon X700, sometimes (and, sadly, I have to use this word, because I found no regularity pattern for the occurrence of this bug) randomly the desktop session locks, that is I can only move the mouse pointer, but I cannot interact anymore with the desktop session. I am forced to login trough ssh from another pc and to restart the laptop.
In Xorg.0.log I found these lines that are, in my opinion, related to the crash: (EE) [mi] EQ overflowing. Additional events will be discarded until existing events are processed. (EE) (EE) Backtrace: (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x4e) [0x5608e56a768e] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (mieqEnqueue+0x253) [0x5608e5689373] (EE) 2: /usr/bin/X (QueuePointerEvents+0x52) [0x5608e5563152] (EE) 3: /usr/bin/X (xf86PostMotionEvent+0xd6) [0x5608e559a026] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so (0x7f5e497b3000+0x5322) [0x7f5e497b8322] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so (0x7f5e497b3000+0x73d2) [0x7f5e497ba3d2] (EE) 6: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x96ac8) [0x5608e5589ac8] (EE) 7: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0xbfc92) [0x5608e55b2c92] (EE) 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7f5e522c9000+0x352f0) [0x7f5e522fe2f0] (EE) 9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (ioctl+0x7) [0x7f5e523c60b7] (EE) 10: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm.so.2 (drmIoctl+0x28) [0x7f5e536ada08] (EE) 11: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm.so.2 (drmCommandWrite+0x1b) [0x7f5e536b06cb] (EE) 12: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm_radeon.so.1 (0x7f5e4e3ad000+0x19c9) [0x7f5e4e3ae9c9] (EE) 13: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm_radeon.so.1 (0x7f5e4e3ad000+0x1c0c) [0x7f5e4e3aec0c] (EE) 14: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f5e4e5b9000+0x26236) [0x7f5e4e5df236] (EE) 15: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0x569b) [0x7f5e4d97869b] (EE) 16: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0x7e8f) [0x7f5e4d97ae8f] (EE) 17: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0x11953) [0x7f5e4d984953] (EE) 18: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0xe770) [0x7f5e4d981770] (EE) 19: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x13ca51) [0x5608e562fa51] (EE) 20: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0xf74f) [0x7f5e4d98274f] (EE) 21: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x1332a2) [0x5608e56262a2] (EE) 22: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x5818f) [0x5608e554b18f] (EE) 23: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x5c34b) [0x5608e554f34b] (EE) 24: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7f5e522e9a40] (EE) 25: /usr/bin/X (_start+0x29) [0x5608e55396c9] (EE) (EE) [mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to a culprit higher up the stack. (EE) [mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause. It is a victim. (EE) [mi] EQ overflow continuing. 100 events have been dropped. (EE) (EE) Backtrace: (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x4e) [0x5608e56a768e] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (QueuePointerEvents+0x52) [0x5608e5563152] (EE) 2: /usr/bin/X (xf86PostMotionEvent+0xd6) [0x5608e559a026] (EE) 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so (0x7f5e497b3000+0x5322) [0x7f5e497b8322] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so (0x7f5e497b3000+0x73d2) [0x7f5e497ba3d2] (EE) 5: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x96ac8) [0x5608e5589ac8] (EE) 6: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0xbfc92) [0x5608e55b2c92] (EE) 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7f5e522c9000+0x352f0) [0x7f5e522fe2f0] (EE) 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (ioctl+0x7) [0x7f5e523c60b7] (EE) 9: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm.so.2 (drmIoctl+0x28) [0x7f5e536ada08] (EE) 10: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm.so.2 (drmCommandWrite+0x1b) [0x7f5e536b06cb] (EE) 11: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm_radeon.so.1 (0x7f5e4e3ad000+0x19c9) [0x7f5e4e3ae9c9] (EE) 12: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm_radeon.so.1 (0x7f5e4e3ad000+0x1c0c) [0x7f5e4e3aec0c] (EE) 13: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f5e4e5b9000+0x26236) [0x7f5e4e5df236] (EE) 14: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0x569b) [0x7f5e4d97869b] (EE) 15: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0x7e8f) [0x7f5e4d97ae8f] (EE) 16: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0x11953) [0x7f5e4d984953] (EE) 17: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0xe770) [0x7f5e4d981770] (EE) 18: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x13ca51) [0x5608e562fa51] (EE) 19: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f5e4d973000+0xf74f) [0x7f5e4d98274f] (EE) 20: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x1332a2) [0x5608e56262a2] (EE) 21: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x5818f) [0x5608e554b18f] (EE) 22: /usr/bin/X (0x5608e54f3000+0x5c34b) [0x5608e554f34b] (EE) 23: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7f5e522e9a40] (EE) 24: /usr/bin/X (_start+0x29) [0x5608e55396c9] (EE) [ 335.003] [mi] Increasing EQ size to 1024 to prevent dropped events. [ 335.005] [mi] EQ processing has resumed after 151 dropped events. [ 335.005] [mi] This may be caused my a misbehaving driver monopolizing the server's resources. [ 377.274] failed to map pixmap: -1 ** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1529932 Title: X session crashes with EQ overflowing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1529932/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs