[arch-general] Browsers crashing

[Zorro]

Op 29-10-2016 om 9:20 schreef Alex Theotokatos via arch-general:
> On 10/29/2016 04:56 AM, John Briggs wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 09:35:39PM +0200, Zorro via arch-general wrote:
>>> Op 28-10-2016 om 18:17 schreef Alex Theotokatos via arch-general:
>>>> Then, lets start from the basics...
>>>> Run memtest.
>>> Just installed it but if I understand it well I need to boot with it.
>>> Need to figure out how.
>>>
>>>> If you use wayland, use Xorg.
>>> I am using LXDE.
>>>
>>>> What is your graphics card?
>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE  
>>> > Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA
>>> controller])
>>>
>> This is your problem. From my experience sites that have illformed 
>> javascript do not work well with Intel graphics controllers.
>>
>> Check out the Forums and the Wiki for clues on how to overcome these 
>> problems.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> John
>>
> On second thought, maybe microcode might help
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microcode
>
I installed intel-ucode microcode and tried again but after a reboot 
still the same.

I did run memtest 86 but that didn't report any error.

The boot log does contain an exception though:

[    2.030878] Modules linked in:
[    2.030881]  i915 video button i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper 
syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm intel_agp intel_gtt 
agpgart
[    2.030906] CPU: 1 PID: 6 Comm: kworker/u4:0 Tainted: G U          
4.8.4-1-ARCH #1
[    2.030908] Hardware name: Acer AOA110/        , BIOS v0.3305 05/09/2008
[    2.030917] Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn
[    2.030921]  c16e1927 614408d8 00000286 f590bd18 c12a2c04 f590bd5c 
f8658730 f590bd48
[    2.030933]  c105c88a f8664cb2 f590bd7c 00000006 f8658730 000001a0 
f86036c6 000001a0
[    2.030943]  00000001 00000000 f6d3c000 f590bd68 c105c8f6 00000009 
00000000 f590bd5c
[    2.030954] Call Trace:
[    2.030964]  [<c12a2c04>] dump_stack+0x58/0x74
[    2.030971]  [<c105c88a>] __warn+0xea/0x110
[    2.031083]  [<f86036c6>] ? intel_fb_initial_config+0x366/0x680 [i915]
[    2.031089]  [<c105c8f6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x60
[    2.031201]  [<f86036c6>] intel_fb_initial_config+0x366/0x680 [i915]
[    2.031314]  [<f8603360>] ? intel_crtc_fb_gamma_get+0x40/0x40 [i915]
......
[    2.031513]  [<c1550e62>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0xe/0x24
[    2.031517]  [<c10789c0>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x130/0x130
[    2.031521] ---[ end trace fd663cc4a2fdb230 ]---
[    2.034471] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    2.057412] ------------[ cut here ]------------

Maybe that's related?

Regards,
Harm-Jan