Weird freezing of desktop, probably due to intel chipset and driver

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#1

Desktop freezes at random. Seems to also freeze when prompting login after display sleeps. Seems to freeze during a reboot as well, causing me to hard power the laptop. This is a Toshiba Satellite. I suspect the culprit is the integrated video chipset. Based on some research I think its possibly loading the wrong driver. It seems to be loading the ‘i915’ driver, where other source would indicate that ‘intel’ driver would be appropriate. So far it seems to work fine when booted in failsafe mode, but with very impacted graphical performance. Weren’t it for this issue, this machine would be the most immaculately performing machine I’ve ever rehabilitated. OldCPU wrote a guide to graphic cards which I used to try understanding this issue.

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
07:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
07:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
07:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
07:06.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller

lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b008 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd USB 2.0 Camera
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8               12493  1 
udf                    91767  1 
fuse                   80300  2 
xt_LOG                 17247  10 
xt_tcpudp              12756  2 
xt_limit               12541  10 
xt_pkttype             12456  3 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      14060  3 
nf_defrag_ipv6         13654  1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
ip6t_REJECT            12826  3 
ipt_REJECT             12485  3 
af_packet              30681  4 
ip6table_raw           12603  1 
xt_NOTRACK             12456  4 
iptable_raw            12598  1 
iptable_filter         12706  1 
ip6table_mangle        12620  0 
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns    12585  0 
nf_conntrack_broadcast    12541  1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nf_conntrack_ipv4      14501  3 
nf_defrag_ipv4         12649  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables              17987  2 iptable_raw,iptable_filter
xt_conntrack           12664  6 
nf_conntrack           80683  6 nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_NOTRACK,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_conntrack
ip6table_filter        12711  1 
ip6_tables             17969  3 ip6table_raw,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
x_tables               26087  15 xt_LOG,xt_tcpudp,xt_limit,xt_pkttype,ip6t_REJECT,ipt_REJECT,ip6table_raw,xt_NOTRACK,iptable_raw,iptable_filter,ip6table_mangle,ip_tables,xt_conntrack,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables
cpufreq_conservative    13495  0 
cpufreq_userspace      12973  0 
cpufreq_powersave      12554  0 
coretemp               13204  0 
acpi_cpufreq           14281  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek    71363  1 
pcmcia                 55489  0 
snd_hda_intel          32351  2 
snd_hda_codec         122027  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13272  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                96931  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                63569  0 
arc4                   12473  2 
snd_timer              24318  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14137  1 snd_seq
uvcvideo               70948  0 
sdhci_pci              18219  0 
videobuf2_core         27974  1 uvcvideo
iwl3945                59389  0 
iwlegacy               68415  1 iwl3945
firewire_ohci          39609  0 
videodev               95158  1 uvcvideo
yenta_socket           40362  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc      12884  1 uvcvideo
mac80211              477580  2 iwl3945,iwlegacy
sdhci                  37225  1 sdhci_pci
tifm_7xx1              13156  0 
sr_mod                 21872  1 
iTCO_wdt               17652  0 
firewire_core          61024  1 firewire_ohci
pcmcia_rsrc            18319  1 yenta_socket
toshiba_acpi           22251  0 
videobuf2_memops       13376  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
crc_itu_t              12627  2 udf,firewire_core
mperf                  12603  1 acpi_cpufreq
snd                    70407  12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
iTCO_vendor_support    13502  1 iTCO_wdt
cdrom                  41398  1 sr_mod
pcspkr                 12630  0 
joydev                 17161  0 
sg                     35635  0 
mmc_core              108295  2 sdhci_pci,sdhci
pcmcia_core            22277  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
tifm_core              15068  1 tifm_7xx1
i2c_i801               17499  0 
cfg80211              185655  3 iwl3945,iwlegacy,mac80211
sparse_keymap          13658  1 toshiba_acpi
battery                18267  0 
ac                     12929  0 
sky2                   53003  0 
soundcore              14599  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14036  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
rfkill                 24996  4 toshiba_acpi,cfg80211
wmi                    18590  1 toshiba_acpi
microcode              22850  0 
autofs4                33231  2 
i915                  447547  0 
drm_kms_helper         45453  1 i915
uhci_hcd               35655  0 
drm                   232040  2 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit           13197  1 i915
i2c_core               33925  6 videodev,i2c_i801,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
ehci_hcd               59455  0 
usbcore               189862  4 uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
usb_common             12525  1 usbcore
fan                    12823  0 
thermal                18230  0 
video                  18841  1 i915
button                 13626  1 i915
processor              43534  1 acpi_cpufreq
thermal_sys            19935  4 fan,thermal,video,processor
hwmon                  12911  2 coretemp,thermal_sys
scsi_dh_rdac           17171  0 
scsi_dh_alua           16940  0 
scsi_dh_emc            17061  0 
scsi_dh_hp_sw          12745  0 
scsi_dh                14178  4 scsi_dh_rdac,scsi_dh_alua,scsi_dh_emc,scsi_dh_hp_sw
ata_generic            12779  0 
ata_piix               26359  4 
ahci                   25496  0 
libahci                29901  1 ahci
libata                196296  4 ata_generic,ata_piix,ahci,libahci
#2

I am not quite sure about the issue though I am fairly sure i915 is the correct driver. Is is possible for you to use perhaps something like this SUSE Paste to give us the output of /var/log/messages (you can also use command dmesg | less ) and /var/log/Xorg.0.log? I ask about the paste site because I am not sure about the board’s policy/limit for pasting a large amount of text.

Also what desktop environment, and have you tried disabling desktop effects?

#3

For some reason I am unable to use the forum or susepaste for these logs. Can you give me some hints as to what sort of message to look for? I also tried pastebin, but the log is too large for them to take without me paying for their ‘pro’ service.

openSUSE 12.2 with Gnome 3. Using default kernel (for some reason?)

System is stable when booted from failsafe mode, further leading me to believe it is a problem with the driver. Of course the graphical performance is worse.

#4

I’ve made a bug report, which has the log files attached.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795337

#5

On 2012-12-19 19:36, Shadowolf7 wrote:
>
> For some reason I am unable to use the forum or susepaste for these
> logs. Can you give me some hints as to what sort of message to look for?
> I also tried pastebin, but the log is too large for them to take without
> me paying for their ‘pro’ service.

Make a copy of the log file, edit it, and remove everything except the
last day or so.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))