[sclug] OS crash whne using flash on full screen mode

Tue Jul 13 07:17:28 UTC 2010

Hello,

Indeed, there is a 'intel_drv.so' in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log. In the package
manager, I can see only 'xserver-xorg-intel' (latest version - 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5>)
but no 'xserver-xorg-drv-intel'. I don't know from which package this
'intel_drv.so' is coming from.

Regarding the type of crash, it is a hard crash as if you take the plug of
the socket or you pressed the off button. Could it be related to the CPU
which is over heating? As well, the crash doesn't happen all the time is
cannot be reproduced all the time with the same flash video. At the moment,
it happens only when viewing a flash video on full screen mode.

Could not identify the issue with the links Alex mentioned, but this is
probably because I know exactly what I'm looking for.

Output of "grep Loading /var/log/Xorg.0.log":

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
(II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.so
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so

Thank you again for all.

Regards,
Olivier

2010/7/12 Alex Butcher <lug at assursys.co.uk>

> On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Olivier Lauret wrote:
>
>  Hi Guys,
>>
>> Thank you all for answering to this email. To answer to the questions:
>>
>>  * Screen saver should start after 1 hour and 45 min, so I don't think it
>> could be related to this, but I turn it off and will see if this problem
>> happens again.
>>  * The problem seems more specific as it doesn't crash every time I look
>> at a flash video in Full screen (it did for the world cup final :) )
>>  * No error message in /var/log/messages or /var/log/Xorg.0.log* (actually
>> no message at all around the time of the crash)
>>  * All Ubuntu updapes should be installed. Couldn't find a similar issue
>> in  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/>, but true, I haven't looked at all
>> 3000+
>> issue regarding flash
>>
>
> That'll probably be because it's probably not a Flash-specific problem.
> Flash is just a bit of user-mode code, and shouldn't be able to do anything
> to the kernel or the hardware that could cause a crash.  If a crash does
> result from something Flash does, it's because it's asked a driver or the
> kernel to do something, and they've accepted it when they should know that
> the hardware isn't capable, or they've done it wrong.
>
>
>   * Video Chipset: "Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics
>> Controller". I'm still pretty new with Linux, I don't know how to find out
>> which driver I'm using.
>>
>
> grep Loading /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> is probably quite a good way, as it'll show you all the modules that Xorg
> is
> loading during startup. My guess is that you'll have an 'intel_drv.so' line
> amongst there. Use your OS package management tool to determine the version
> of xserver-xorg-drv-intel, which owns that module file.
>
> Searching things like:
> <
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/?field.searchtext=flash&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=
> >
> <
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Intel+Mobile+GM965%2FGL960+Integrated+Graphics+Controller%22+xv+crash&aq=f&aqi=m1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
> >
> <
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/?field.searchtext=xv&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=
> >
>
> suggests that others are reporting similar problems.
>
> Xv (aka XVideo) is an X extension for efficient colourspace conversion and
> scaling video using the GPU hardware.  Flash will use this for video
> playback.  Other apps (e.g.  mplayer, xine, vlc) will use Xv too, if you
> tell them to, and may or may not cause similar crashes depending on whether
> what specifically they try to do.  I'd encourage testing with these apps
> too, which will probably confirm (i.e.  by resulting in similar crashes
> under at least some circumstances) that your problem is a more general
> Xv/Intel driver issue, rather than a problem with Flash specifically.
>
>  Regards,
>> Olivier
>>
>
> Best Regards,
> Alex
>
>
>
>
>> 2010/7/8 David Given <dg at cowlark.com>
>>
>>  On 2010-07-08 09:06, Olivier Lauret wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>  When I'm watching a flash video on full screen mode (happens for many
>>>
>>>> sites), the computer is crashing (simply stop as if you press the power
>>>> button) about 15 minutes after the start of the video.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> A total shot in the dark here, but... does it still happen if you turn
>>> your
>>> screen saver off?
>>>
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