X-server crashes with VirtualBox execution

[kernelOfTruth]

Hi !

Anyone has the same problem that your X-server crashes and gdm or kdm restarts a few moments after you've launched VirtualBox

and running the xf86-video-ati driver on an Evergreen card (5850) ?

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Backtrace:
[ 2044.641] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x3e) [0x7f9e5c62462e]
[ 2044.641] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x7f9e5c538000+0x94659) [0x7f9e5c5cc659]
[ 2044.641] 2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f9e5b3a5000+0xf4d0) [0x7f9e5b3b44d0]
[ 2044.641] 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f9e58809000+0x1006a5) [0x7f9e589096a5]
[ 2044.641] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f9e581b3000+0xcfd5) [0x7f9e581bffd5]
[ 2044.641] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f9e581b3000+0x1092d) [0x7f9e581c392d]
[ 2044.641] 6: /usr/bin/X (0x7f9e5c538000+0x135ddc) [0x7f9e5c66dddc]
[ 2044.641] 7: /usr/bin/X (0x7f9e5c538000+0x45df9) [0x7f9e5c57ddf9]
[ 2044.641] 8: /usr/bin/X (0x7f9e5c538000+0x4a229) [0x7f9e5c582229]
[ 2044.641] 9: /usr/bin/X (0x7f9e5c538000+0x3b63a) [0x7f9e5c57363a]
[ 2044.641] 10: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f9e59c78cfd]
[ 2044.641] 11: /usr/bin/X (0x7f9e5c538000+0x3b189) [0x7f9e5c573189]
[ 2044.641] Segmentation fault at address (nil)
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Fatal server error:
[ 2044.641] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
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Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 2044.641] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
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[ 2044.647] (II) Power Button: Close
[ 2044.647] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 2044.655] (II) Power Button: Close
[ 2044.655] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 2044.671] (II) Logitech USB Receiver: Close
[ 2044.671] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 2044.679] (II) Logitech USB Receiver: Close
[ 2044.679] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 2044.687] (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Close
[ 2044.687] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 2044.695] (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Close
[ 2044.695] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 2044.695] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtop...35298&start=15

[rohcQaH]

no crashed with vbox 4.0.2 on my HD5770. I didn't enable the D3D-emulation though. Maybe you could try disabling 3D and check if it still crashes?

[kernelOfTruth]

weird

d3d, llvm and gles are disabled:

use-flags for mesa:

classic gallium nptl pic video_cards_r600 video_cards_radeon -d3d -debug -gles -kernel_FreeBSD -llvm -motif -selinux

(sorry - I should have written that I use ~amd64 Gentoo, with gcc 4.5.2 and hardened)

use-flags for libdrm:

libkms video_cards_radeon

[kernelOfTruth]

by disabling 3d you mean:

Option "NoAccel"

?

thanks !

[agd5f]

Probably a duplicate of this bug:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32188

[kernelOfTruth]

Probably a duplicate of this bug:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32188

yeah, that pretty much seems to be the case

interestingly VirtualBox doesn't shortly crashes the X-server (+ restart of gdm so still usable) anymore or leads to a segmentation fault or whatever

when acceleration is disabled

I enabled:

Option "NoAccel" "1"

and


Option "no_accel" "yes"

(the 2nd's probably for fglrx)


the problem with that is that the screen stayed black when returning to console from gnome

afaik it's not using gpu acceleration that way and switches to shadowfb - so there could be a problem with shadowfb

looking forward to a 100% productivity-ready driver (not implying full-blown tweaking for performance but stability)

thanks !

[kernelOfTruth]

thank you so much for your changes in git, Alex !

currently I'm recompiling libdrm mesa and xf86-video-ati and will let you know how it goes (according to the comments in bugzilla it's rockstable )

*crosses fingers*

[kernelOfTruth]

AWESOME !

now I not only can run the management window for disks and the default GUI but also Virtual machines

not crashes and hardlocks so far (no error messages so far in dmesg or /var/log/Xorg.0.log)

thanks you so much