While using X, at some point everything on screen will freeze (except sometimes the mouse). I've provided as much information as I can (no information in Xorg.0.log it seems), let me know if there's any other information I can give you. $ Xorg -version: X.Org X Server 1.9.4 Release Date: 2011-02-04 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.37-ARCH x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux defiant 2.6.37-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 29 20:00:33 CET 2011 x86_64 Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/27ebece2-5dcb-41ed-b868-4e826761e3f0 ro Build Date: 09 February 2011 06:15:16PM Current version of pixman: 0.20.2 Backtrace from gdb: (gdb) bt #0 xf86SIGIO (sig=29) at ./../shared/sigio.c:108 #1 <signal handler called> #2 0x00007fcc49fd7a28 in ioctl@plt () from /usr/lib/libdrm.so.2 #3 0x00007fcc49fd8268 in drmIoctl () from /usr/lib/libdrm.so.2 #4 0x00007fcc49fda59b in drmCommandWrite () from /usr/lib/libdrm.so.2 #5 0x00007fcc4999aead in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.1 #6 0x00007fcc4999b4ce in nouveau_bo_map_range () from /usr/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.1 #7 0x00007fcc49999f3d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.1 #8 0x00007fcc4999a53f in nouveau_pushbuf_flush () from /usr/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.1 #9 0x00007fcc49566165 in exaFillRegionSolid (pDrawable=0x1d58f20, pRegion=0x17d8f40, pixel=0, planemask=4294967295, alu=3, clientClipType=<value optimized out>) at exa_accel.c:1038 #10 0x00007fcc49568d31 in exaPolyFillRect (pDrawable=0x1d58f20, pGC=0x100c1a0, nrect=1, prect=0x7fff285bab60) at exa_accel.c:817 #11 0x00000000004d7c17 in damagePolyFillRect (pDrawable=0x1d58f20, pGC=0x100c1a0, nRects=1, pRects=0x7fff285bab60) at damage.c:1400 #12 0x00007fcc4956a398 in exaGlyphs (op=3 '\003', pSrc=0x1bae0d0, pDst=0x1cb8000, maskFormat=0xfb0e88, xSrc=665, ySrc=354, nlist=1, list=0x7fff285bb540, glyphs=0x7fff285bad40) at exa_glyphs.c:785 #13 0x00000000004d7315 in damageGlyphs (op=3 '\003', pSrc=0x1bae0d0, pDst=0x1cb8000, maskFormat=0xfb0e88, xSrc=665, ySrc=354, nlist=1, list=0x7fff285bb540, glyphs=0x7fff285bad40) at damage.c:718 #14 0x00000000004d0c6d in ProcRenderCompositeGlyphs (client=0x1aa2ae0) at render.c:1435 #15 0x000000000042d201 in Dispatch () at dispatch.c:432 #16 0x000000000042131e in main (argc=6, argv=<value optimized out>, envp=<value optimized out>) at main.c:291 Full backtrace: http://xorg.pastebin.com/JUhCBwyp
Might be a duplicate of bug 26980, but you didn't even tell what card you have... Please test newer kernel (bonus points for testing nouveau.git - http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallDRM) and if you can still reproduce this issue, attach full dmesg and xorg.log.
It appears that this bug report has laid dormant for quite a while. Sorry we haven't gotten to it. Since we fix bugs all the time, chances are pretty good that your issue has been fixed with the latest software. Please give it a shot. (Linux kernel 3.10.7, xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.9, mesa 9.1.6, or their git versions.) If upgrading to the latest isn't an option for you, your distro's bugzilla is probably the right destination for your bug report. In an effort to clean up our bug list, we're pre-emptively closing all bugs that haven't seen updates since 2011. If the original issue remains, please make sure to provide fresh info, see http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs/ for what we need to see, and re-open this one. Thanks, The Nouveau Team
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