3.12 kernels get stuck midway and do not get to gdm

[Adam Williamson]

On Sat, 2013-12-21 at 17:34 +1100, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-12-21 at 17:06 +1100, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> > I'll dig up more logs and stuff and see what's causing it. 
> 
> It looks like a DRM issue
> 
> It booted into runlevel3 just fine, which pointed to an X related error.
> This is what the Xorg log gave me:
> 
> > egrep EE Xorg.1.log
> >         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> > [ 19610.801] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> > [ 19611.032] (EE) intel(0): [drm] failed to set drm interface version.
> > [ 19611.032] (EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master.
> > [ 19611.032] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> > [ 19611.032] (EE)
> > [ 19611.032] (EE) no screens found(EE)
> > [ 19611.032] (EE)
> > [ 19611.032] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.1.log" for additional information.
> > [ 19611.032] (EE)
> > [ 19611.038] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
> > [asinha at ankur-laptop  ~]$
> 
> The system hung up in a bit, even in run level 3, and I had to power it
> off using the button. Here's a screenshot:
> http://ankursinha.fedorapeople.org/kernel-3.12-failures/drm-hangup.jpg
> 
> I'm guessing this confirms this to be a kernel/drm/nouveau issue? X
> wouldn't cause the entire system to hang up in runlevel3? (I've checked
> the kernel bug list and haven't found anything like this yet.) Any hints
> on how I could collect more information on the issue?
> 
> Complete Xorg log is here:
> http://ankursinha.fedorapeople.org/kernel-3.12-failures/Xorg.1.log

Well, it's dying in the  intel driver, not nouveau...

I'd file a bug against xorg-x11-drv-intel either up or downstream, and
include the contents of 'dmesg' or the journal when booting with
'drm.debug=15' and reproducing the problem.
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