Xorg freezes often!

Question

Hi all,
is there any solution, workaround or fix for the Xorg freeze bug?
Description:
Xorg freezes often, no mouse (or mouse very slow), no keyboard, cold reboot required!
Additional info:
System: ArchLinux i686, 32bit
Current packages: kernel 3.3.2-1-ARCH, Xorg 1.12.1-1, gnome 3.4.1-1, nvidia 295.33-2
AMD Phenom II X4 975, 4GB Ram, GeForce 8800GTS 512
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:
[ 5797.032] [mi] EQ overflowing. Additional events will be discarded until existing events are processed.
[ 5797.032]
[ 5797.032] Backtrace:
[ 5797.049] 0: /usr/bin/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x49) [0x81b6bb9]
[ 5797.050] 1: /usr/bin/Xorg (mieqEnqueue+0x223) [0x8195503]
[ 5797.050] 2: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x8048000+0x43df5) [0x808bdf5]
[ 5797.050] 3: /usr/bin/Xorg (xf86PostMotionEventM+0xf9) [0x80c5699]
[ 5797.050] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0xb4460000+0x33dd) [0xb44633dd]
[ 5797.050] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0xb4460000+0x481c) [0xb446481c]
[ 5797.050] 6: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x8048000+0x6cfd1) [0x80b4fd1]
[ 5797.050] 7: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x8048000+0x92a05) [0x80daa05]
[ 5797.050] 8: (vdso) (__kernel_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb77bd400]
[ 5797.050] 9: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0xb4a61000+0x61f06) [0xb4ac2f06]
[ 5797.050]
[ 5797.050] [mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to a culprit higher up the stack.
[ 5797.050] [mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause. It is a victim.
Thanks!
Chris

Answer 1

hi, does the nvidia driver fully support x.org 1.12 yet? I'm on AMD and the latest driver doesn't support it yet.
maybe you downgrade x.org and see if that does change anything. Put this on top of your repos in /etc/pacman.conf and do a "pacman -Suu".
[xorg111]
Server = http://catalyst.apocalypsus.net/repo/xorg111/$arch
by now there is a kernel update but other than that I have no idea. Could be a bug in the driver or gnome, too.
Last edited by andmars (2012-04-26 09:10:03)