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[Sergey Yanovich <742175@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It looks like your system ran out of memory for whatever reason. X
just happens to be the first really critical thing to notice that
there's no memory left. It tends to need memory for doing its stuff. ;-)
The reason you can't restart X is because the GPU got left in an
inconsistent state (which is probably a bug in itself, but not the
primary issue here).

It is certainly not so:
host2:~$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1533292     807152     726140          0      28352     374208
-/+ buffers/cache:     404592    1128700
Swap:      1888252          0    1888252


> But, I can try to help you figure out what actually is causing this bug. (As it is, the info you've collected doesn't really do much to pinpoint what's going on.)

Thanks. I will collect necessary data.

> Can you tell me a little more about your system. Are you booted off a
hard drive or usb key or cd?

The system boots from compact flash. CF is 100% IDE-compatible. I've no
problems with this config since 9.04 or so.

>  How long have you been running natty?

I've had natty kernel since 2.6.37-12 or earlier. The CPU on the system
is jusy 1.1 MHz single core, so hardware acceleration in new kernels
helps a lot. I dist-upgraded to full natty a week ago.

> When did you start noticing this bug?

The problem immediately appeared.

> Has it happened multiple times?

Is happens every boot, sooner or later.

> What is unique or unusual about your system?

It is configured to run from a flash, so most regular writes goes to
memory (fstab attached). Other than that, it is a usual Vaio VGN TX-
770P.

> Does it always happen after about the same period of time?

No the period is different.

> Does running a certain app or combination of apps make it more likely
to crash?

I haven't run natty long enough to gather data. So long my usual session
was several gnome-terminal tabs, firefox and pidgin. I would say that
crashes happen when I have pidgin talks, but it is not certain.

** Attachment added: "/etc/fstab"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/742175/+attachment/1939566/+files/fstab

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Title:
  [i915] xserver crashes abruptly (OOM?)