There seems to be a bug when running rdesktop 1.6.0 on the NVIDIA 96.43.07 driver that is not occurring on rdesktop-1.5.0.
Always occurs when starting and using rdesktop 1.6.0
System Info
HW: Dell Precision 670
OS: CentOS5
Kernel: 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5PAE & 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
Reproducable: Yes
E-mail: jfuller@wsi.com
Contents of /var/log/messages
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 10s! [Xorg:8270]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel:
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: Pid: 8270, comm: Xorg
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f8f7647c>] CPU: 3
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: EIP is at _nv002718rm+0x14/0x18 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00203282 Tainted: P (2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 #1)
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: EAX: 00000001 EBX: 000032f4 ECX: 00000018 EDX: f9400000
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: ESI: f2340800 EDI: f4135400 EBP: f4099bb8 DS: 007b ES: 007b
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: CR0: 8005003b CR2: 08874e10 CR3: 34118000 CR4: 000006d0
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90f70a5>] _nv005691rm+0x75/0xa0 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90eda96>] _nv006618rm+0x7e/0x198 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f63a7a>] _nv002932rm+0x26/0x2c [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90ee0d6>] _nv006338rm+0x202/0x60c [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90ee0ed>] _nv006338rm+0x219/0x60c [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f6385f>] _nv002938rm+0x2b/0x84 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90d8767>] _nv006652rm+0x67/0x80 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90d8d09>] _nv006589rm+0x2d/0x70 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90d8d23>] _nv006589rm+0x47/0x70 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f91c7e45>] _nv001078rm+0x31/0x124 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f46b1e>] _nv009862rm+0x16/0x40 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90dd815>] _nv006651rm+0x1ed/0x22c [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90dd7f5>] _nv006651rm+0x1cd/0x22c [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f639c3>] _nv002946rm+0x53/0x84 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f46aa7>] _nv009860rm+0x13/0x38 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90d602f>] _nv006650rm+0xa3/0x1d0 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f90d6060>] _nv006650rm+0xd4/0x1d0 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f4a85d>] _nv009855rm+0x31/0x6c [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f63a7a>] _nv002932rm+0x26/0x2c [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f552f7>] _nv002132rm+0x317/0x61c [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f91f6985>] nv_verify_pci_config+0x38/0x7c [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f5342c>] _nv003643rm+0x8c/0xd0 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<c05a3c96>] quirk_pcie_aspm_read+0x1c/0x21
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f7f90d>] _nv001995rm+0x3d/0x770 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f7fa06>] _nv001995rm+0x136/0x770 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f8f7d4a4>] rm_ioctl+0x1c/0x24 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f91f7e3f>] nv_kern_ioctl+0x42/0x277 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f91f8021>] nv_kern_ioctl+0x224/0x277 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f91f809d>] nv_kern_unlocked_ioctl+0x13/0x16 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<f91f808a>] nv_kern_unlocked_ioctl+0x0/0x16 [nvidia]
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<c0480270>] do_ioctl+0x1c/0x5d
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<c04804fb>] vfs_ioctl+0x24a/0x25c
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<c0480555>] sys_ioctl+0x48/0x5f
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: [<c0404eff>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Jul 24 18:19:20 localhost kernel: =======================
Logged In: YES
user_id=152035
Originator: NO
It's a Nvidia driver bug - please check Nvidia's site if you are running the latest driver and if you are, report this to Nvidia.