[Bug 207112] New: xmset stalls for four minutes during the installation
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 Summary: xmset stalls for four minutes during the installation Product: SUSE Linux 10.1 Version: Final Platform: x86 OS/Version: SLES 10 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: rich@hq.vsaa.lv QAContact: jsrain@novell.com this is ibm netfinity 5000, testing a sles 10 install. machine hwinfo output is attached to the bug 178029. when installation is started, first console stops at : "Found a Linux console terminal on /dev/console" for four minutes. last line in the third terminal is "Starting setctsid `showconsole` inst_setup yast". installation process continues after four minutes. during this delay "top" output shows that xmset is using >99% cpu time. machine has a ps/2 logitech mouse attached. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 aj@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |snwint@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|snwint@novell.com |ms@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 ms@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |rich@hq.vsaa.lv ------- Comment #1 from ms@novell.com 2006-09-21 06:20 MST ------- Sounds really strange. If you don't mind could you provide the following log file: /var/log/YaST2/y2start.log you can get the file after the 4 minute delay if you switch to the second console Ctrl-Alt-F2 and dump the file on a disk or a stick or over the network if activated. Thanks -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 rich@hq.vsaa.lv changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED ------- Comment #2 from rich@hq.vsaa.lv 2006-09-21 06:49 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=99324) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=99324&action=view) y2start logfile this is the y2start.log immediately after yast has started up during the setup (after 4 min delay). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 ms@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |rich@hq.vsaa.lv ------- Comment #3 from ms@novell.com 2006-09-21 06:58 MST ------- Thanks for the log, unfortunately there is nothing in it pointing to the problem. Would you mind manually calling the following command xmset -c from terminal 2 (Ctrl-Alt-F2) what happens ? Thanks -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 rich@hq.vsaa.lv changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|rich@hq.vsaa.lv | ------- Comment #4 from rich@hq.vsaa.lv 2006-09-21 07:42 MST ------- it returns 6 lines that look like x.org config file pointing device section. this happens in some 2-3 seconds (the command was executed after yast was started and after the 4 min wait). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 ms@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |rich@hq.vsaa.lv ------- Comment #5 from ms@novell.com 2006-09-21 07:48 MST ------- yes that's the correct behavior, hmm while xmset is consuming that much CPU time could you have a look at the process table (ps aux) to find out with which parameters it was started ? Thanks -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 rich@hq.vsaa.lv changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|rich@hq.vsaa.lv | ------- Comment #6 from rich@hq.vsaa.lv 2006-09-21 08:04 MST ------- xmset -m running that from a commandline actually reproduces the 4 min wait & high system load, but returns nothing to the console. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 ms@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |rich@hq.vsaa.lv ------- Comment #7 from ms@novell.com 2006-09-21 08:10 MST ------- ok, so this is a call within the libhd. Can you reproduce this if you call hwinfo --monitor Thanks -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 rich@hq.vsaa.lv changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|rich@hq.vsaa.lv | ------- Comment #8 from rich@hq.vsaa.lv 2006-09-21 08:21 MST ------- the command stalls on "bios.4.3: ddc info" -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 ms@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|ms@novell.com |snwint@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW ------- Comment #9 from ms@novell.com 2006-09-21 08:26 MST ------- ah, ok so while performing the x86 call (int10) Steffen something for you I think -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |rich@hq.vsaa.lv ------- Comment #10 from snwint@novell.com 2006-09-22 03:09 MST ------- Does hwprobe=cpuemu hwinfo --monitor work better? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 rich@hq.vsaa.lv changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|rich@hq.vsaa.lv | ------- Comment #11 from rich@hq.vsaa.lv 2006-09-22 04:21 MST ------- as hwinfo --monitor delay was also reproducible on an installed machine, further actions were not performed in the installation environment. 1. "hwprobe=cpuemu hwinfo --monitor" produces the same delay at 'dcc info', though it is now ~ 1 minute instead of four; 2. after "hwprobe=cpuemu hwinfo --monitor" has been executed, next run of "hwinfo --monitor" also show larger delay at 'smp' step; 3. in one case running two instances of the command quite efficiently hung the machine. can't reproduce, though. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 ------- Comment #12 from snwint@novell.com 2006-09-22 04:48 MST ------- Ok, that confirms that it hangs inside the video BIOS code, which I really can't do anything about. I will make the cpu emulation the default, however, as the interpreter has some workarounds added to catch such situations. I can't shorten the timeout, though, because some hardware really does need that long. So that 1 minute delay will stay, unfortunately. You can use hwprobe=-bios.vesa (as boot option) to skip all this. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207112 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #13 from snwint@novell.com 2006-09-27 04:56 MST ------- made cpu emulation the default in 10.2 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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