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Date:      Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:25:23 GMT
From:      Tilman Blumhagen <tilman.blumhagen@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/173526: xscreensaver rapidly fills Xorg.0.log with (II) lines and causes high system load
Message-ID:  <201211101125.qAABPNg8016547@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201211101130.qAABU1uc008590@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         173526
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       xscreensaver rapidly fills Xorg.0.log with (II) lines and causes high system load
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Nov 10 11:30:00 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tilman Blumhagen
>Release:        9.1 PRERELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD myhost 9.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Nov  8 22:03:32 CET 2012     root@myhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

>Description:
When starting xscreensaver all CPU cores are under high load and I hear my hard disk suddenly being very active. The file /var/log/Xorg.0.log grows unusually fast (aroung 1KiB per second).

Watching the logfile growing:
$ ls -lh /var/log/Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   997k Nov 10 12:03 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
$ ls -lh /var/log/Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   1.1M Nov 10 12:03 /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Lines in the logfile (it seems to be repeatedly the same stuff):
[ 10341.249] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 10341.249] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 10341.249] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 10341.249] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 10341.249] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 10341.249] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 10341.249] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 10341.249] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800  960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 536
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz
)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz
)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 10341.595] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800  960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 536
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz
)
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 10341.948] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)

>How-To-Repeat:
run "xscreensaver -nosplash". It also happens while the settings dialog is open. So its probably does not depend on how xscreensaver is started.
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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