Description of Problem: When I leave my machine up overnight and I come back to it in the morning, the X server is messed up (screen flickering) and my log file is filled with messages from the kernel about drm not being able to free (memory) due to null pointer. Eventually my hard disk fills up with these error messages. This problem happens consistently when the machine is left unattended. Upon reboot everything comes back up normally. How Reproducible: Leave the system unattended overnight. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot system 2. Leave system running unattended for 8-12 hours Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information: Hardware being used: HP vectra vl400: Intel 866MHz PIII w/256MB RAM Intel 82815 video AC97 audio standard stuff (ide drives, ps/2 keyboard and mouse)
Can you past at least one exact message please ?
I'll send messages the next time it happens. I rebooted today before saving the log messages...
Yes, please provide the exact kernel log messages from /var/log/messages, as well as your /etc/X11/XFree86.0.log, and your X configuration files: /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/XF86Config
Oops.. I just submitted by accident with a typo. I need your: /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 files.
Created attachment 18310 [details] zip file containing requested log and config files
The above file is unuseable to me. unzip says it is corrupt. Please in the future, just attach the raw files uncompressed so that they can be easily viewed in a web browser, or downloaded and saved to disk ready to roll. It makes bug report tracking much simpler. I'll look at the files as soon as you reattach them for me individually and as raw text. Be sure to choose text/plain when you attach them.
Created attachment 18392 [details] XF86Config
Created attachment 18393 [details] XF86Config-4
Created attachment 18394 [details] XFree86.0.log
Created attachment 18395 [details] var_log_messages
Someone ( bug 39846 ) told me that mtrr is supposed to be fixed in recent rawhide from 5/15. Would you also test the rawhide kernel from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS before it appears in errata.
Yes, this does look like an MTRR problem. Another point to note though is that you're using DRI in 1280x1024. On a 16Mb card, that is greatly pushing the limits IMHO. Try 640x480 and see if it works, then increase the resolution to 800x600, etc.. DRI needs a lot of RAM, just a ballpark is 4 times the RAM for 2D. 2D needs x*y*fbbpp at a minimum, and double for double buffering (default).
Closing bug, unable to reproduce any problems using a properly supported configuration for a 16Mb card. My tests were done at the maximum supported resolution of 1024x768x16bit with DRI enabled, using XFree86-4.1.0-3 as shipped with Red Hat Linux 7.2. If you experience problems still, while using the latest release, please reopen the bug report with new information. Thanks.