apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected
** Description changed: Starting with the 3.19 kernels (Vivid), the system frequently freezes in the nouveau driver, with the following lines (w/ out timestamp and hostname) always being reported in "/var/log/kern.log" and/or "/var/log/syslog" just before the system becomes unresponsive and a hard reset becomes necessary. nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] still angry after 101 spins, halt The bug is also reported in https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87244, and the fix seems to be to cherry pick https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=adc346b133c952ec6988d90f6fa79cbe0a3eb7ef which is included in Linux 4.0 (if I am not mistaken). Here's some more info: lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Release: 14.04 Affected package: linux-generic-lts-vivid-3.19.0.28.15 - (As the affected package breaks my system reliably several times a day, - I reverted to linux-generic-lts-utopic.) + (As the affected package breaks my system reliably several times a day, I reverted to linux-generic-lts-utopic.) + --- + ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13 + Architecture: amd64 + AudioDevicesInUse: + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC1: de107192 2480 F.... pulseaudio + /dev/snd/controlC0: de107192 2480 F.... pulseaudio + CurrentDesktop: GNOME + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 + InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-17 (61 days ago) + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) + MachineType: LENOVO 43892DG + Package: linux (not installed) + ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb + ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-50-generic root=/dev/mapper/SETEC-UBUNTU ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-50.66~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt16 + RelatedPackageVersions: + linux-restricted-modules-3.16.0-50-generic N/A + linux-backports-modules-3.16.0-50-generic N/A + linux-firmware 1.127.15 + Tags: trusty + Uname: Linux 3.16.0-50-generic x86_64 + UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo + _MarkForUpload: True + dmi.bios.date: 10/03/2012 + dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO + dmi.bios.version: 6NET84WW (1.45 ) + dmi.board.name: 43892DG + dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO + dmi.board.version: Not Available + dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information + dmi.chassis.type: 10 + dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO + dmi.chassis.version: Not Available + dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6NET84WW(1.45):bd10/03/2012:svnLENOVO:pn43892DG:pvrThinkPadW510:rvnLENOVO:rn43892DG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: + dmi.product.name: 43892DG + dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W510 + dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Attachment added: "AlsaInfo.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1496290/+attachment/4465904/+files/AlsaInfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1496290 Title: System freeze due to "angry" nouveau driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1496290/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs