With Debian Sid/unstable and `xserver-xorg-video-radeon` 7.4.0-2 and `gnome-shell` 3.12.2-3, the screensaver was on and the monitor in power saving mode. Entering the password there was just a black screen and the mouse pointer, which could be moved. (No idea if the password input dialog was ever shown.) This is not reproducible, so no idea how to debug this. I attached to the process `gnome-shell` and got the following backtrace. No idea if the process `gnome-shell` is responsible for this though. Thread 8 (Thread 0x7f6c0fa1c700 (LWP 6276)): #0 0x00007f6c22fce50d in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 No locals. #1 0x00007f6c234fffe4 in g_main_context_poll (priority=2147483647, n_fds=3, fds=0x7f6c080a5260, timeout=-1, context=0x127e940) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:4028 poll_func = 0x7f6c2350eb40 <g_poll> #2 g_main_context_iterate (context=0x127e940, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3729 max_priority = 2147483647 timeout = -1 some_ready = <optimized out> nfds = 3 allocated_nfds = 4 fds = 0x7f6c080a5260 #3 0x00007f6c2350030a in g_main_loop_run (loop=0x127e8d0) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3928 __FUNCTION__ = "g_main_loop_run" #4 0x00007f6c23cf3e16 in gdbus_shared_thread_func (user_data=0x127e910) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./gio/gdbusprivate.c:273 data = 0x127e910 #5 0x00007f6c23524f15 in g_thread_proxy (data=0x11f98f0) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gthread.c:764 thread = 0x11f98f0 #6 0x00007f6c232a20a4 in start_thread (arg=0x7f6c0fa1c700) at pthread_create.c:309 __res = <optimized out> pd = 0x7f6c0fa1c700 now = <optimized out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {140102095456000, 4260530968099661049, 0, 140102473592928, 140102425792192, 140102095456000, -4181472317389298439, -4181535062816480007}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 0}}} not_first_call = <optimized out> pagesize_m1 = <optimized out> sp = <optimized out> freesize = <optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "start_thread" #7 0x00007f6c22fd704d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 No locals. Thread 7 (Thread 0x7f6c07fff700 (LWP 6282)): #0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:185 No locals. #1 0x00007f6c0e5a298b in cnd_wait (mtx=0x13280f0, cond=0x1328118) at ../../../../../../../include/c11/threads_posix.h:154 No locals. #2 pipe_semaphore_wait (sema=0x13280f0) at ../../../../../../../src/gallium/auxiliary/os/os_thread.h:248 No locals. #3 radeon_drm_cs_emit_ioctl (param=param@entry=0x1327e00) at ../../../../../../../src/gallium/winsys/radeon/drm/radeon_drm_winsys.c:548 ws = 0x1327e00 cs = <optimized out> i = <optimized out> #4 0x00007f6c0e5a21c7 in impl_thrd_routine (p=<optimized out>) at ../../../../../../../include/c11/threads_posix.h:87 pack = {func = 0x7f6c0e5a2850 <radeon_drm_cs_emit_ioctl>, arg = 0x1327e00} #5 0x00007f6c232a20a4 in start_thread (arg=0x7f6c07fff700) at pthread_create.c:309 __res = <optimized out> pd = 0x7f6c07fff700 now = <optimized out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {140101967410944, 4260530968099661049, 0, 140102473592928, 140734156681404, 140101967410944, -4181454092232448775, -4181535062816480007}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 0}}} not_first_call = <optimized out> pagesize_m1 = <optimized out> sp = <optimized out> freesize = <optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "start_thread" #6 0x00007f6c22fd704d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 No locals. Thread 6 (Thread 0x7f6c077fe700 (LWP 6283)): #0 0x00007f6c22fce50d in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 No locals. #1 0x00007f6c234fffe4 in g_main_context_poll (priority=2147483647, n_fds=1, fds=0x7f6c000010c0, timeout=-1, context=0x153aac0) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:4028 poll_func = 0x7f6c2350eb40 <g_poll> #2 g_main_context_iterate (context=context@entry=0x153aac0, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3729 max_priority = 2147483647 timeout = -1 some_ready = <optimized out> nfds = 1 allocated_nfds = 1 fds = 0x7f6c000010c0 #3 0x00007f6c235000ec in g_main_context_iteration (context=0x153aac0, may_block=1) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3795 retval = <optimized out> #4 0x00007f6c0c2881ad in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007f6c23524f15 in g_thread_proxy (data=0x12bcca0) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gthread.c:764 thread = 0x12bcca0 #6 0x00007f6c232a20a4 in start_thread (arg=0x7f6c077fe700) at pthread_create.c:309 __res = <optimized out> pd = 0x7f6c077fe700 now = <optimized out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {140101959018240, 4260530968099661049, 0, 140102473592928, 140102425792192, 140101959018240, -4181455192280947463, -4181535062816480007}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 0}}} not_first_call = <optimized out> pagesize_m1 = <optimized out> sp = <optimized out> freesize = <optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "start_thread" #7 0x00007f6c22fd704d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 No locals. Thread 5 (Thread 0x7f6c06ffd700 (LWP 6284)): #0 0x00007f6c22fce50d in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 No locals. #1 0x00007f6c1efa38c1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007f6c1ef9516c in pa_mainloop_poll () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007f6c1ef957de in pa_mainloop_iterate () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007f6c1ef95890 in pa_mainloop_run () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007f6c1efa3873 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 No symbol table info available. #6 0x00007f6c15868178 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-5.0.so No symbol table info available. #7 0x00007f6c232a20a4 in start_thread (arg=0x7f6c06ffd700) at pthread_create.c:309 __res = <optimized out> pd = 0x7f6c06ffd700 now = <optimized out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {140101950625536, 4260530968099661049, 0, 140102473592928, 140102428767616, 140101950625536, -4181451894282935047, -4181535062816480007}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 0}}} not_first_call = <optimized out> pagesize_m1 = <optimized out> sp = <optimized out> freesize = <optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "start_thread" #8 0x00007f6c22fd704d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 No locals. Thread 4 (Thread 0x7f6c067fc700 (LWP 6285)): #0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:185 No locals. #1 0x00007f6c14de5fd0 in PR_WaitCondVar (cvar=0x154b460, timeout=4294967295) at ptsynch.c:385 rv = <optimized out> thred = 0x154b500 #2 0x00007f6c1e9a5b34 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmozjs-24.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007f6c14deb468 in _pt_root (arg=0x154b500) at ptthread.c:212 rv = <optimized out> thred = 0x154b500 detached = 0 id = 140101942232832 tid = 6285 #4 0x00007f6c232a20a4 in start_thread (arg=0x7f6c067fc700) at pthread_create.c:309 __res = <optimized out> pd = 0x7f6c067fc700 now = <optimized out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {140101942232832, 4260530968099661049, 0, 140102473592928, 140734156680264, 140101942232832, -4181452990036466439, -4181535062816480007}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 0}}} not_first_call = <optimized out> pagesize_m1 = <optimized out> sp = <optimized out> freesize = <optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "start_thread" #5 0x00007f6c22fd704d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 No locals. Thread 3 (Thread 0x7f6c05ffb700 (LWP 6286)): #0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:185 No locals. #1 0x00007f6c14de5fd0 in PR_WaitCondVar (cvar=0x15a89c0, timeout=4294967295) at ptsynch.c:385 rv = <optimized out> thred = 0x15a8a60 #2 0x00007f6c1ea18f2e in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmozjs-24.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007f6c14deb468 in _pt_root (arg=0x15a8a60) at ptthread.c:212 rv = <optimized out> thred = 0x15a8a60 detached = 0 id = 140101933840128 tid = 6286 #4 0x00007f6c232a20a4 in start_thread (arg=0x7f6c05ffb700) at pthread_create.c:309 __res = <optimized out> pd = 0x7f6c05ffb700 now = <optimized out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {140101933840128, 4260530968099661049, 0, 140102473592928, 140734156680280, 140101933840128, -4181458488131476231, -4181535062816480007}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 0}}} not_first_call = <optimized out> pagesize_m1 = <optimized out> sp = <optimized out> freesize = <optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "start_thread" #5 0x00007f6c22fd704d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 No locals. Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f6bfbffe700 (LWP 6294)): #0 0x00007f6c22fce50d in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 No locals. #1 0x00007f6c234fffe4 in g_main_context_poll (priority=2147483647, n_fds=2, fds=0x7f6be80008c0, timeout=3996, context=0x194caa0) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:4028 poll_func = 0x7f6c2350eb40 <g_poll> #2 g_main_context_iterate (context=context@entry=0x194caa0, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3729 max_priority = 2147483647 timeout = 3996 some_ready = <optimized out> nfds = 2 allocated_nfds = 2 fds = 0x7f6be80008c0 #3 0x00007f6c235000ec in g_main_context_iteration (context=0x194caa0, may_block=may_block@entry=1) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3795 retval = <optimized out> #4 0x00007f6c23500129 in glib_worker_main (data=<optimized out>) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:5541 No locals. #5 0x00007f6c23524f15 in g_thread_proxy (data=0x194b2d0) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gthread.c:764 thread = 0x194b2d0 #6 0x00007f6c232a20a4 in start_thread (arg=0x7f6bfbffe700) at pthread_create.c:309 __res = <optimized out> pd = 0x7f6bfbffe700 now = <optimized out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {140101766080256, 4260530968099661049, 0, 140102473592928, 140102425792192, 140101766080256, -4181726771653008135, -4181535062816480007}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 0}}} not_first_call = <optimized out> pagesize_m1 = <optimized out> sp = <optimized out> freesize = <optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "start_thread" #7 0x00007f6c22fd704d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 No locals. Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f6c2624da80 (LWP 6272)): #0 0x00007f6c22fce50d in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 No locals. #1 0x00007f6c18c1a232 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007f6c18c1babf in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007f6c18c1bbd2 in xcb_wait_for_reply () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007f6c15acf674 in dri2WaitForMSC (pdraw=0x16d36a0, target_msc=0, divisor=2, remainder=<optimized out>, ust=0x7fff396ab220, msc=0x7fff396ab228, sbc=0x7fff396ab230) at ../../../../src/glx/dri2_glx.c:478 c = 0x122e1e0 wait_msc_cookie = <optimized out> wait_msc_reply = <optimized out> target_msc_hi = 0 target_msc_lo = 0 divisor_hi = 0 divisor_lo = 2 #5 0x00007f6c20a206ce in _cogl_winsys_wait_for_vblank (onscreen=0xc0001b) at ./winsys/cogl-winsys-glx.c:1620 drawable = 12582939 msc = 4155037265 ust = 8908187724 sbc = 2264 info = 0x1daeed0 ctx = 0x13fb400 glx_renderer = 0x1248360 xlib_renderer = 0x1291da0 #6 0x00007f6c20a20e2f in _cogl_winsys_onscreen_swap_region (onscreen=0x16c7ab0, user_rectangles=<optimized out>, n_rectangles=<optimized out>) at ./winsys/cogl-winsys-glx.c:1822 framebuffer = 0x16c7ab0 context = 0x13fb400 xlib_renderer = 0x1291da0 glx_renderer = 0x1248360 xlib_onscreen = 0x13498c0 glx_onscreen = 0x13498c0 drawable = 12582939 end_frame_vsync_counter = <optimized out> have_counter = 0 can_wait = 1 x_min = <optimized out> x_max = <optimized out> y_min = <optimized out> y_max = <optimized out> blit_sub_buffer_is_synchronized = <optimized out> framebuffer_width = 1280 framebuffer_height = <optimized out> rectangles = 0x7fff396ab280 i = <optimized out> #7 0x00007f6c20a11831 in cogl_onscreen_swap_region (onscreen=0x16c7ab0, rectangles=rectangles@entry=0x7fff396ab3b0, n_rectangles=n_rectangles@entry=1) at ./cogl-onscreen.c:370 framebuffer = 0x16c7ab0 winsys = <optimized out> info = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "cogl_onscreen_swap_region" #8 0x00007f6c241d8f5a in clutter_stage_cogl_redraw (stage_window=0x1283430) at ./cogl/clutter-stage-cogl.c:644 clip = 0x1283490 copy_area = {510, 442, 262, 73} stage_cogl = 0x1283430 geom = {x = 0, y = 0, width = 1280, height = 1024} have_clip = <optimized out> may_use_clipped_redraw = <optimized out> use_clipped_redraw = <optimized out> can_blit_sub_buffer = <optimized out> has_buffer_age = <optimized out> wrapper = 0x16dea80 clip_region = <optimized out> force_swap = <optimized out> window_scale = 1 #9 0x00007f6c242437d7 in clutter_stage_do_redraw (stage=0x16dea80) at ./clutter-stage.c:1202 backend = <optimized out> actor = 0x16dea80 priv = 0x16de490 #10 _clutter_stage_do_update (stage=0x16dea80) at ./clutter-stage.c:1260 priv = 0x16de490 #11 0x00007f6c24229c38 in master_clock_update_stages (master_clock=0x15b9500, stages=0x4fd85c0) at ./clutter-master-clock.c:458 stages_updated = 0 l = 0x4fd85c0 #12 clutter_clock_dispatch (source=<optimized out>, callback=<optimized out>, user_data=<optimized out>) at ./clutter-master-clock.c:590 clock_source = <optimized out> master_clock = 0x15b9500 stages_updated = 0 #13 0x00007f6c234ffe04 in g_main_dispatch (context=0x11f8000) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3064 dispatch = 0x7f6c24229af0 <clutter_clock_dispatch> prev_source = 0x0 was_in_call = 0 user_data = 0x0 callback = 0x0 cb_funcs = <optimized out> cb_data = 0x0 need_destroy = <optimized out> source = 0x15d02b0 current = 0x1253980 i = 0 #14 g_main_context_dispatch (context=context@entry=0x11f8000) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3663 No locals. #15 0x00007f6c23500048 in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x11f8000, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3734 max_priority = 150 timeout = 0 some_ready = 1 nfds = <optimized out> allocated_nfds = 11 fds = 0x26795a0 #16 0x00007f6c2350030a in g_main_loop_run (loop=0x11fddf0) at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c:3928 __FUNCTION__ = "g_main_loop_run" #17 0x00007f6c24c7d71d in meta_run () from /usr/lib/libmutter.so.0 No symbol table info available. #18 0x0000000000401d03 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #19 0x00007f6c22f12b45 in __libc_start_main (main=0x401a00, argc=1, argv=0x7fff396ab798, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fff396ab788) at libc-start.c:287 result = <optimized out> unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {0, 4260530968099661049, 4201933, 140734156683152, 0, 0, -4260967635046259463, -4181531000098282247}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x402230, 0x7fff396ab798}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 4203056}}} not_first_call = <optimized out> #20 0x0000000000401df6 in ?? () No symbol table info available.
That sounds more or less like the problem I fixed with http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=c4ae0e2cbcc0e2ebf9f13ee92d59b5120254a1dc . Can you try that?
(In reply to comment #1) > That sounds more or less like the problem I fixed with > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/ > ?id=c4ae0e2cbcc0e2ebf9f13ee92d59b5120254a1dc . Just checking after reading the commit message, the working mouse pointer does not contradict that this is a DPMS problem, right? > Can you try that? Sure. Though I have no idea how to reproduce the bug.
(In reply to comment #2) > Just checking after reading the commit message, the working mouse pointer > does not contradict that this is a DPMS problem, right? Right, DPMS just triggers the gnome-shell hang, but the X server is still running fine, so the mouse pointer moves normally.
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > Just checking after reading the commit message, the working mouse pointer > > does not contradict that this is a DPMS problem, right? > > Right, DPMS just triggers the gnome-shell hang, but the X server is still > running fine, so the mouse pointer moves normally. Thank you for the explanation! I built the package with the patch attached and keep my ears open for problem reports from the users. As this looks like a severe bug, should a point release (7.4.1) be made?
As commented by Michael, the reported bug was already fixed in the git repository.
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