random "Zebra stripe" attack

[comp3820]

I'm running 10.04, with default themes and no extra graphics turned on, but I randomly get a black screen with white stripes on the top half that freezes the entire computer. No shortcut keys work, pressing ctrl-alt-del and enter won't shut it down, and time doesn't help anything.

All the updates are installed, and booting off of the "old" kernel doesn't help.

I can't seem to correlate this to any program in particular, or to a certain time after startup.

Any ideas?

[TwoToneSpirit]

I have a computer with exactly the same issue.

[comp3820]

The problem is still happening with me, much to the annoyance of anyone in our family who uses that computer.

I've found the section in the system log about the crashes, and it records of cycle of things I can't remember right now, but what caught my eye was the constant repetition of "GPU hung" during the times that the computer was frozen.

I'll post back later today with the exact log text.

[comp3820]

Ok, this is the text form syslog (crashing appears to have started at 20:04:11

May 10 17:00:29 Weeda-Family AptDaemon: INFO: Initializing daemon
May 10 17:06:29 Weeda-Family AptDaemon: INFO: Quiting due to inactivity
May 10 17:06:29 Weeda-Family AptDaemon: INFO: Shutdown was requested
May 10 17:17:01 Weeda-Family CRON[1559]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
May 10 18:17:01 Weeda-Family CRON[2017]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
May 10 19:17:01 Weeda-Family CRON[2562]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
May 10 20:04:11 Weeda-Family kernel: [11108.380023] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
May 10 20:04:11 Weeda-Family kernel: [11108.380041] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000000
May 10 20:04:11 Weeda-Family kernel: [11108.380066] [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -5 (awaiting 1630910 at 1630909)
May 10 20:04:13 Weeda-Family kernel: [11110.232040] [drm:i915_gem_idle] *ERROR* hardware wedged
May 10 20:04:13 Weeda-Family gnome-session[986]: WARNING: Detected that screensaver has left the bus
May 10 20:04:14 Weeda-Family acpid: client 870[0:0] has disconnected
May 10 20:04:14 Weeda-Family acpid: client connected from 2863[0:0]
May 10 20:04:14 Weeda-Family acpid: 1 client rule loaded
May 10 20:04:14 Weeda-Family pulseaudio[2860]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
May 10 20:04:14 Weeda-Family pulseaudio[2860]: main.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoServer: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-jdl26tWLV5: Connection refused
May 10 20:04:14 Weeda-Family pulseaudio[2869]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
May 10 20:04:15 Weeda-Family kernel: [11112.327727] [drm:i915_gem_entervt_ioctl] *ERROR* Reenabling wedged hardware, good luck
May 10 20:04:15 Weeda-Family kernel: [11112.660013] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
May 10 20:04:15 Weeda-Family kernel: [11112.660025] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000000
May 10 20:04:15 Weeda-Family kernel: [11112.660935] [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -5 (awaiting 1630914 at 1630909)
May 10 20:04:17 Weeda-Family kernel: [11114.716016] [drm:i915_gem_idle] *ERROR* hardware wedged
May 10 20:04:18 Weeda-Family acpid: client 2863[0:0] has disconnected
May 10 20:04:18 Weeda-Family acpid: client connected from 2874[0:0]
May 10 20:04:18 Weeda-Family acpid: 1 client rule loaded
May 10 20:04:19 Weeda-Family kernel: [11115.888952] [drm:i915_gem_entervt_ioctl] *ERROR* Reenabling wedged hardware, good luck
May 10 20:04:19 Weeda-Family kernel: [11116.224017] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
May 10 20:04:19 Weeda-Family kernel: [11116.224029] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000000
May 10 20:04:19 Weeda-Family kernel: [11116.224963] [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -5 (awaiting 1630916 at 1630909)
May 10 20:04:21 Weeda-Family kernel: [11118.284016] [drm:i915_gem_idle] *ERROR* hardware wedged
May 10 20:04:21 Weeda-Family acpid: client 2874[0:0] has disconnected
May 10 20:04:21 Weeda-Family acpid: client connected from 2882[0:0]
May 10 20:04:21 Weeda-Family acpid: 1 client rule loaded

I don't have any idea what any of this means, but it seems interesting to me that it mentions the GPU - maybe its a graphics incompatibility.

This is on a Dell Dimension 2350 with integrated graphics.

[soltanis]

Post an lspci please?

lspci

In the terminal.
Also, not sure how you could determine this, but do you know what graphics driver you are running? It sounds like you would be using an Intel Integrated chipset, but knowing exactly the model would help.

EDIT:
Ah, I remember now, please also post the output of

lsmod

So that we can see which kernel modules you have running.

[comp3820]

output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)

output of lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
snd_intel8x0           25588  2 
snd_ac97_codec        100646  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                1002  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70662  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26726  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
fbcon                  35102  71 
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
font                    7557  1 fbcon
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
vga16fb                11385  1 
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i915                  282354  1 
snd                    54148  14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm_kms_helper         29297  1 i915
dell_wmi                1793  0 
ppdev                   5259  0 
dcdbas                  5422  0 
drm                   162471  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 i915
intel_agp              24177  2 i915
soundcore               6620  1 snd
parport_pc             25962  1 
snd_page_alloc          7076  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
video                  17375  1 i915
agpgart                31724  3 drm,intel_agp
shpchp                 28820  0 
output                  1871  1 video
lp                      7028  0 
parport                32635  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
b44                    25542  0 
usbhid                 36110  0 
ssb                    37336  1 b44
mii                     4381  1 b44
floppy                 53016  0 
hid                    67032  1 usbhid

As for as the graphics goes, Dell says
Video
Video controller
integrated Intel 3D Extreme Graphics

if the system chipset is the same as the graphics chipset, then Dell says

System Information
System chip set
Intel 845GL


Thanks for your help!

[ph0852]

I seem to be having a similar problem. My lspci and lsmod output are different, they are below. I believe my graphics card is an Intel i915. My syslog has a good number of message sets like the following:

Jul 5 09:30:05 ty-desktop kernel: [262845.837955] [drm:i915_gem_entervt_ioctl] *ERROR* Reenabling wedged hardware, good luck
Jul 5 09:30:05 ty-desktop kernel: [262846.172013] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
Jul 5 09:30:05 ty-desktop kernel: [262846.172026] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000000
Jul 5 09:30:05 ty-desktop kernel: [262846.173352] [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -5 (awaiting 164137 at 164123)
Jul 5 09:30:07 ty-desktop kernel: [262848.244020] [drm:i915_gem_idle] *ERROR* hardware wedged


ty@ty-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
01:05.0 Modem: Intel Corporation FA82537EP 56K V.92 Data/Fax Modem PCI (rev 04)
01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)

ty@ty-desktop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6587 1
snd_intel8x0 25588 2
snd_ac97_codec 100646 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70662 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
arc4 1153 2
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
rt2500usb 18141 0
rt2x00usb 9703 1 rt2500usb
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
vga16fb 11385 1
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
rt2x00lib 27509 2 rt2500usb,rt2x00usb
led_class 2864 1 rt2x00lib
i915 282354 1
snd 54148 14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
mac80211 204922 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
dell_wmi 1793 0
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 i915
ppdev 5259 0
dcdbas 5422 0
cfg80211 126485 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
soundcore 6620 1 snd
drm 162471 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
parport_pc 25962 1
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
intel_agp 24177 2 i915
shpchp 28820 0
video 17375 1 i915
output 1871 1 video
agpgart 31724 3 drm,intel_agp
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67032 1 usbhid
b44 25542 0
ssb 37336 1 b44
mii 4381 1 b44
floppy 53016 0

[coldraven]

My guess is that 10.04 does not like your Intel graphic card.
Last week I installed 10.04 on a machine that ran 8.04 perfectly and got exactly the same results as you have.
Any screensaver that uses open GL will trigger it. For example the Ant Spotlight.
If you cannot open the screensaver dialogue utility without causing a crash then
press Alt+F2,
type "gconf-editor"
select "apps"
then "gnome-screensaver"
then make sure that mode is set to "blank-only" and themes to "[]"

see my screenshot for details

[Pappasan]

I too suffer from the same issue. My syslog gives the following errors:
Jul 5 20:39:57 MrSmith kernel: [ 7636.341625] [drm:i915_gem_entervt_ioctl] *ERROR* Reenabling wedged hardware, good luck
Jul 5 20:39:57 MrSmith kernel: [ 7636.676014] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
Jul 5 20:39:57 MrSmith kernel: [ 7636.676027] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000000
Jul 5 20:39:57 MrSmith kernel: [ 7636.676965] [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -5 (awaiting 341513 at 341489)
Jul 5 20:39:59 MrSmith kernel: [ 7638.732017] [drm:i915_gem_idle] *ERROR* hardware wedged
Jul 5 20:40:00 MrSmith acpid: client 7759[0:0] has disconnected
Jul 5 20:40:00 MrSmith acpid: client connected from 7767[0:0]
Jul 5 20:40:00 MrSmith acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Jul 5 20:40:01 MrSmith kernel: [ 7639.885949] [drm:i915_gem_entervt_ioctl] *ERROR* Reenabling wedged hardware, good luck
Jul 5 20:40:01 MrSmith kernel: [ 7640.220011] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
Jul 5 20:40:01 MrSmith kernel: [ 7640.220023] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000000
Jul 5 20:40:01 MrSmith kernel: [ 7640.220961] [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -5 (awaiting 341515 at 341489)
Jul 5 20:40:03 MrSmith kernel: [ 7642.272014] [drm:i915_gem_idle] *ERROR* hardware wedged
Jul 5 20:40:03 MrSmith acpid: client 7767[0:0] has disconnected
will@MrSmith:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:02.0 Modem: Broadcom Corporation BCM4212 v.90 56k modem
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 82)

will@MrSmith:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6587 1
vboxnetadp 6390 0
vboxnetflt 12740 0
vboxdrv 168753 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
dm_crypt 11331 0
snd_intel8x0 25588 2
snd_ac97_codec 100646 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70662 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
arc4 1153 2
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 7 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
rtl8187 50680 0
snd 54148 15 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
ppdev 5259 0
mac80211 204922 1 rtl8187
led_class 2864 1 rtl8187
parport_pc 25962 1
psmouse 63245 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
serio_raw 3978 0
cfg80211 126485 2 rtl8187,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6 1333 1 rtl8187
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
shpchp 28820 0
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
dm_raid45 81647 0
xor 15028 1 dm_raid45
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67032 1 usbhid
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 1
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
i915 282354 1
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 i915
drm 162471 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
intel_agp 24177 2 i915
video 17375 1 i915
e100 28211 0
mii 4381 1 e100
output 1871 1 video
floppy 53016 0
agpgart 31724 3 drm,intel_agp
ramzswap 6362 1
xvmalloc 4074 1 ramzswap
lzo_decompress 2189 1 ramzswap
lzo_compress 1853 1 ramzswap

I have disabled all desktop effects and screensavers. does this have to be a video issue or could it be audio?

[steveneddy]

What happens when you run

intel-gpu-tools

??