Bug#702809: gnome-shell: gnome randomly freezes

2013-05-16 Thread Mar Mel
FWIW, I filed bug reports regarding this issue back in December against both the binary nVidia driver and the nouveau package (bugs #696554 and #696360). I ended up chasing this for a few weeks, working with the upstream nouveau devs via IRC. I built dozens of kernels (ranging from the Debian 3.

Bug#696360: nvidia-glx: Sporadic X freezes in gnome shell

2013-04-15 Thread Mar Mel
This issue is specific to gnome-shell. In the four months since I reported this, I've been running in XFCE without a single problem. Every so often when I build a newer kernel I'll pop back into a gnome session and reproduce this freeze within a short time. I've essentially ruled out the hardwa

Bug#677682: xfce4: Waking up from hibernation shows what's open before being locked

2012-12-28 Thread Mar Mel
Showing the contents of the desktop/windows on a system that is supposed to be locked is a serious security issue. I am surprised to find this behavior in the current xscreensaver and more surprised to see this listed as a "minor" severity bug here on Debian. This same problematic behavior occur

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-27 Thread Mar Mel
- Original Message - > From: Steven Chamberlain > To: Mar Mel ; 696...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: Sven Joachim > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:44 PM > Subject: Re: Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups > > The reason I ask - is that I can reproduce immediate fr

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-27 Thread Mar Mel
- Original Message - > From: Steven Chamberlain > To: Mar Mel ; 696...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: Sven Joachim > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups > >Thanks for the logs. > > Do you have a dual monit

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-27 Thread Mar Mel
- Original Message - > From: Sven Joachim > To: Mar Mel > Cc: 696...@bugs.debian.org; Steven Chamberlain > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:32 PM > Subject: Re: Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups > > On 2012-12-27 18:48 +0100, Mar Mel wrote: > >&g

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-27 Thread Mar Mel
- Original Message - > From: Steven Chamberlain > To: Mar Mel > Cc: Sven Joachim ; "696...@bugs.debian.org" > <696...@bugs.debian.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:10 PM > Subject: Re: Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups > > On 27/1

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-27 Thread Mar Mel
- Original Message - > From: Sven Joachim > To: Mar Mel > Cc: 696...@bugs.debian.org; Steven Chamberlain > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 2:50 AM > Subject: Re: Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups > > On 2012-12-27 07:47 +0100, Mar Mel wrote: > >>

Bug#696554: Processed: change severity 696554 serious

2012-12-27 Thread Mar Mel
> Control: severity -1 important > > On 2012-12-27 08:15 +0100, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > >> Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: >> >>> severity 696554 serious >> Bug #696554 [xserver-xorg-video-nouveau] xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: >> Using the open source nouveaux d

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-26 Thread Mar Mel
Okay, less than 24hrs uptime and the system froze completely. I was really hoping (with dumb luck) the newly landed 3.2.35 kernel would help out even though there were no specific nouveaux changes. > * can Alt-F1 still switch consoles?  (you said no before) No, this time I was unable to switc

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-26 Thread Mar Mel
- Original Message - > From: Steven Chamberlain > To: Mar Mel ; 696...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 11:00 PM > Subject: Re: Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups > > Control: tags -1 - moreinfo > > Okay, thanks for checking! 

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-25 Thread Mar Mel
[0x1256] PGRAPH/PROP/RT0 reason: PAGE_NOT_PRESENT - Original Message - > From: Steven Chamberlain > To: Mar Mel > Cc: "696...@bugs.debian.org" <696...@bugs.debian.org> > Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 9:34 PM > Subject: Re: Bug#696554: System free

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-25 Thread Mar Mel
I have indeed been having similar intermittent freeze issues with the non-free driver and have filed bug #696360. Troubleshooting hardware issues is a routine part of my life in IT and your suggestion regarding heat is the first thing I checked to make sure that the linux driver was not somehow ca

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-25 Thread Mar Mel
or crashed...yet. Any idea what these messages could indicate? - Original Message - From: Steven Chamberlain To: Mar Mel ; 696...@bugs.debian.org Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups Hello, Just an idea of mine, but if this

Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups

2012-12-25 Thread Mar Mel
run into the issue again and report back right away. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Steven Chamberlain To: Mar Mel ; 696...@bugs.debian.org Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups Hello, Just an idea of mine, but if

Bug#684620: gnome-screenshot: Alt+Print gives corrupted image

2012-12-25 Thread Mar Mel
I am seeing this same bug on current Wheezy with nVidia drivers 304.48. Is this an nVidia bug for sure or could it be an issue with gnome-screenshot? Is there a bug filed against the nVidia drivers for this issue? I _do not_ have the same problem with gnome-screenshot on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (gn

Bug#696678: tomboy: Segfault crashes tomboy during synchronization

2012-12-25 Thread Mar Mel
Package: tomboy Version: 1.10.0-2 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, I filed an upstream bug report for this issue and it was duped to the following bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662358 When syncing notes, Tomboy crashes. it appears the notes are successfully synchronized. Ho

Bug#696554: Acknowledgement (xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Using the open source nouveaux driver is causing sytem to lockup hard)

2012-12-22 Thread Mar Mel
summary 696554 System freezes and lockups -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#696554: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Using the open source nouveaux driver is causing sytem to lockup hard

2012-12-22 Thread Mar Mel
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau Version: 1:1.0.1-4 Severity: serious Justification: 5 Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? I performed a clean installation of Wheezy Beta 4. * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? I attempted to us

Bug#696360: (no subject)

2012-12-22 Thread Mar Mel
I have upgraded the severity of this issue as it's causing massive system instability and potential data loss. Some further details of the problem: * When the freeze occurs the mouse pointer is still movable. However, the interface is non-responsive. It will accept neither mouse nor keyboard inpu

Bug#696360: nvidia-glx: Sporadic X freezes

2012-12-19 Thread Mar Mel
Package: nvidia-glx Version: 304.48-1 Severity: important I am seeing freezes of X on Wheezy with nVidia driver 304.48. There are several similar reports from the past few months on various distros, but I've not seen one particular to the current Debian Wheezy. Freezing of X can occur within hour

Bug#679105: printing PDF documents from evince is broken with cairo 1.12.2

2012-12-18 Thread Mar Mel
Printing PDF documents with evince is still broken on Wheezy. This bug was fixed in the 1.12.4 release of cairo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#688860: xserver-xorg-input-evdev: mouse cursor jumping with absolute input device

2012-11-29 Thread Mar Mel
I hit this bug while testing Wheezy Beta 4. I hope the patch makes in ASAP as this is a showstopper. The gnome desktop is virtually [pun intended] unusable until this is fixed in Debian. Strange to see such a critical bug this late in the freeze for stable. Currently using the workaround from