[arch-general] Upgrade to linux-3.7.3: system freezes on certain actions in X

Alain Kalker a.c.kalker at gmail.com
Tue Jan 22 13:50:50 EST 2013


Hardware  Info:

System:    Host: miki-desktop Kernel: 3.6.11-1-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 
4.7.2)
            Desktop: LXDE (Openbox 3.5.0) Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:   Mobo: FUJITSU SIEMENS model: MS-7504VP version: 1.0 Bios: 
American Megatrends version: V1.16 date: 08/11/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU E7500 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB 
flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 11738.2
            Clock Speeds: 1: 1603.00 MHz 2: 1603.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA C73 [GeForce 7050 / nForce 630i] bus-ID: 00:10.0
            X.Org: 1.13.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,nv,vesa) 
Resolution: 1600x900 at 60.0hz
            GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV63 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 
9.0.1 Direct Rendering: Yes

After the upgrade to linux-3.7.3-1, my system began freezing frequently 
after certain actions (opening a new browser window, switching windows, 
etc.)
The system became totally unresponsive (no Magic SysRq, no response from 
network).

Investigating a little further, I found I could reliably reproduce the 
freeze by running '$ glxinfo' (occasionally had to repeat it a few times).

Downgrading to linux-3.6.11-1 resolved the problem.

I'm not reporting this as a bug yet, since linux-3.7.3-1 is marked as 
out-of-date (linux-3.7.4-1 is in [testing]), this is just a heads-up for 
other people experiencing the same issue.

Regards,

Alain


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