[SOLVED]X Server Crashes When Booting

[banjo]

Since an update I installed on March 10, the X server now crashes leaving me with a blank, black screen.

Inxi information:

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System:    Host: BSKMageia Kernel: 5.16.13-desktop-1.mga9 x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 5 Distro: Mageia 9 mga9
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5G41T-M LX PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 0502 date: 10/21/2011
CPU:       Info: Dual Core Intel Core2 Duo E7300 [MCP] speed: 2667 MHz
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] driver: nouveau v: kernel
           Display: server: X.org 1.21.1.3 driver: loaded: nouveau,v4l tty: 240x67
           Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169
           Device-2: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver: 8139too
           Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros AR9271 802.11n type: USB driver: ath9k_htc
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 46.27 GiB (9.9%)
Info:      Processes: 120 Uptime: 3m Memory: 3.84 GiB used: 407.6 MiB (10.4%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Shell: Bash
           inxi: 3.3.06


The Xorg.0.log file shows the crash is an illegal instruction in the Nouveau driver. A snippet of the end of the file is below.

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[    53.152] (II) Module exa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    53.152]    compiled for 1.21.1.3, module version = 2.6.0
[    53.152]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[    53.152] (II) EXA(0): Driver allocated offscreen pixmaps
[    53.152] (II) EXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
[    53.152] (II)         Solid
[    53.152] (II)         Copy
[    53.152] (II)         Composite (RENDER acceleration)
[    53.152] (II)         UploadToScreen
[    53.152] (II)         DownloadFromScreen
[    53.152] (==) NOUVEAU(0): Backing store enabled
[    53.152] (==) NOUVEAU(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    53.152] (II) NOUVEAU(0): [XvMC] Associated with Nouveau GeForce 8/9 Textured Video.
[    53.152] (II) NOUVEAU(0): [XvMC] Extension initialized.
[    53.152] (**) NOUVEAU(0): DPMS enabled
[    53.152] (WW) NOUVEAU(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" is not used
[    53.152] (WW) NOUVEAU(0): Option "DynamicTwinView" is not used
[    53.152] (II) Initializing extension Generic Event Extension
[    53.153] (II) Initializing extension SHAPE
[    53.153] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SHM
[    53.153] (II) Initializing extension XInputExtension
[    53.153] (II) Initializing extension XTEST
[    53.153] (II) Initializing extension BIG-REQUESTS
[    53.153] (II) Initializing extension SYNC
[    53.154] (II) Initializing extension XKEYBOARD
[    53.154] (II) Initializing extension XC-MISC
[    53.154] (II) Initializing extension SECURITY
[    53.154] (II) Initializing extension XFIXES
[    53.154] (II) Initializing extension RENDER
[    53.154] (II) Initializing extension RANDR
[    53.155] (II) Initializing extension COMPOSITE
[    53.155] (II) Initializing extension DAMAGE
[    53.155] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    53.155] (II) Initializing extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    53.156] (II) Initializing extension RECORD
[    53.156] (II) Initializing extension DPMS
[    53.156] (II) Initializing extension Present
[    53.156] (II) Initializing extension DRI3
[    53.156] (II) Initializing extension X-Resource
[    53.156] (II) Initializing extension XVideo
[    53.156] (II) Initializing extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    53.157] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[    53.178] (EE)
[    53.178] (EE) Backtrace:
[    53.178] (EE) 0: /usr/libexec/Xorg (OsLookupColor+0x139) [0x5a5489]
[    53.178] (EE) 1: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__sigaction+0x50) [0x7f13805083a0]
[    53.179] (EE) 2: /usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_dri.so (nouveau_drm_screen_create+0x1a72a8) [0x7f137ecb3168]
[    53.179] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[    53.179] (EE) 3: /usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_dri.so (?+0x0) [0x7f137e2a3478]
[    53.179] (EE) 4: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (call_init.part.0+0x9e) [0x7f1380eeeabe]
[    53.180] (EE) 5: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (_dl_init+0x79) [0x7f1380eeeb89]
[    53.180] (EE) 6: /lib64/libc.so.6 (_dl_catch_exception+0xbe) [0x7f1380614a0e]
[    53.180] (EE) 7: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (dl_open_worker+0x8e) [0x7f1380ef563e]
[    53.181] (EE) 8: /lib64/libc.so.6 (_dl_catch_exception+0x6f) [0x7f13806149bf]
[    53.181] (EE) 9: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (_dl_open+0xa8) [0x7f1380ef5998]
[    53.181] (EE) 10: /lib64/libc.so.6 (dlopen_doit+0x56) [0x7f138054f536]
[    53.182] (EE) 11: /lib64/libc.so.6 (_dl_catch_exception+0x6f) [0x7f13806149bf]
[    53.182] (EE) 12: /lib64/libc.so.6 (_dl_catch_error+0x1f) [0x7f1380614a5f]
[    53.183] (EE) 13: /lib64/libc.so.6 (_dlerror_run+0x85) [0x7f138054f0e5]
[    53.183] (EE) 14: /lib64/libc.so.6 (dlopen+0x36) [0x7f138054f5b6]
[    53.183] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[    53.183] (EE) 15: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (?+0x0) [0x7f1380045f52]
[    53.184] (EE) 16: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (ht_dump_contents+0xa57) [0x7f138004d597]
[    53.184] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[    53.184] (EE) 17: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (?+0x0) [0x7f13800446ef]
[    53.184] (EE) 18: /usr/libexec/Xorg (_CallCallbacks+0x34) [0x4446e4]
[    53.184] (EE) 19: /usr/libexec/Xorg (dri3_send_open_reply+0x100f) [0x56470f]
[    53.184] (EE) 20: /usr/libexec/Xorg (InitExtensions+0x89) [0x4ae5b9]
[    53.184] (EE) 21: /usr/libexec/Xorg (InitFonts+0x1d8) [0x443238]
[    53.185] (EE) 22: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_call_main+0x67) [0x7f13804f5177]
[    53.185] (EE) 23: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0x85) [0x7f13804f5235]
[    53.185] (EE) 24: /usr/libexec/Xorg (_start+0x21) [0x42d731]
[    53.185] (EE)
[    53.185] (EE) Illegal instruction at address 0x7f137ecb3168
[    53.185] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[    53.185] (EE) Caught signal 4 (Illegal instruction). Server aborting
[    53.185] (EE)
[    53.185] (EE)
Please consult the Mageia support
    at https://bugs.mageia.org
 for help.
[    53.185] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    53.185] (EE)
[    53.186] (II) NOUVEAU(0): NVLeaveVT is called.
[    53.187] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.


The entire log file is attached as well.

The interesting line in the log is

"[ 53.185] (EE) Illegal instruction at address 0x7f137ecb3168"

That address shows up in the backtrace in nouveau_dri.so

"[ 53.179] (EE) 2: /usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_dri.so (nouveau_drm_screen_create+0x1a72a8) [0x7f137ecb3168]
"
so I am guessing that this is something wrong with nouveau.

The update installed lib64drm_nouveau2 2.4.110 2.mga9 x86_64

Checking the current version of the nouveau driver with rpm:

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rpm -qa | grep nouveau
lib64drm_nouveau2-2.4.110-2.mga9
x11-driver-video-nouveau-1.0.17-4.mga9


I have done a couple of subsequent updates since then, but nothing has fixed the problem.

I searched bugzilla and didn't see anything calling out this issue.

The Nvidia proprietary driver has been discontinued for my old card, so I am using Nouveau. Now that Nouveau is crashing, the system is pretty useless.

This is my experimental system, so there is no crisis. But it would be nice to figure out what is going on and get the computer back working again.

Thanks
Banjo
(_)=='=~

[sturmvogel]

This is likely related to the ongoing update to gcc12 in cauldron. You should check dev mailing list. Please mention in the applicable thread that there may be a problem with noveau/gcc12/really old NVIDIAs. Point them to this forum thread. Thanks.

[banjo]

I tried logging in to the mailing list server and it rejected my password.

[sturmvogel]

-> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia.org_user_account#My_username_doesn.27t_work

For the mailing list service, please enter your e-mail address instead of your username.

https://ml.mageia.org/l/help/faq-user.html

[papoteur]

Hello,
There is a bunch of updates this morning, with in particular glibc, gcc, mesa.
My VM in cauldron didn"t start in graphical mode, but now, it's OK. Do you know how to update with command line?

[banjo]

For the mailing list service, please enter your e-mail address instead of your username.

I did use my email address, not user name. I logged into bugzilla using the same password and it works fine. I am logged into the forum with the same ID and password. When I attempt to log into the mailing list server using my email address and password it is rejected. I just tried again, and it rejected my password again. Very strange.

Do you know how to update with command line?

Yes, I do. Thanks for the suggestion. I have already done two updates since the problem arose. I will boot the computer and see if the latest update will fix it.

[banjo]

OK. My third attempt at updates worked, and the graphics are back. I guess this was a known problem that got fixed. I still cannot log into the mailing list server, and that makes it difficult to follow these issues. I did find the page, https://ml.mageia.org/l/info/bugs, that presents me with a form to subscribe to that list, but I don't know what the story is behind that page or how it relates to the other page. It does give me access to the archives, so I can skim through that on occasion.

Thanks for the help. I will mark this solved.

[papoteur]

Fine
You should have a look (and subscribe) to this list: https://ml.mageia.org/l/info/dev

[banjo]

Thanks for the link. I looked through the recent archives, and I did see my issue mentioned. I will see if I can subscribe.

[banjo]

FYI I solved the mystery of not being able to log into the message list server.

When I first signed up for this forum I used a yahoo email address to set it up. After yahoo became unusable, I switched the forum over to a gmail address, which is now where I receive notices from the forum.

However, when I logged into identity.mageia.org I saw that it still has the yahoo address as my official address. The identity.mageia.org data appears to be decoupled from the forum setting, and there seems to be no way to change it. Anyway, I can log into the mailing list now using the yahoo address, so all is good. I might go ahead and subscribe using the yahoo address for the list since I don't use yahoo much anymore and I can divert the avalanche of emails away from my SPAM-choked gmail address.

Thanks to all for the pointers and help.

Banjo
(__)=='=~