Qemu crashing after mesa package upgrade

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No, version 1:25.2.1-4 is still crashing the whole QEMU session (running out of memory on the host !) if this mesa version is installed in the guest (both manjaro AND debian 13). Installed on the host is no problem, it affects only the guest os ! I notice after few minutes that our swap disk is getting accessed, filling the whole disk in 10-15 minutes, until the whole thing is full. Never saw that before…

System:
  Host: imac Kernel: 5.10.242-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 15.2.1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac16,2 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 13 v: Mac-FFE5EF870D7BA81A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-FFE5EF870D7BA81A v: iMac16,2
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 489.0.0.0.0 date: 10/07/2023
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-5675R bits: 64 type: MCP
    arch: Broadwell rev: 1 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3352 min/max: 800/3600 cores: 1: 3352 2: 3352 3: 3352
    4: 3352 bogomips: 24753
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 vendor: Apple driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-8 ports: active: DP-3 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1622
  Device-2: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8511
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4096x2304 s-dpi: 192
  Monitor-1: DP-3 model: Apple iMac res: 4096x2304 hz: 60 dpi: 219
    diag: 545mm (21.5")
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.7-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
    (BDW GT3) device-ID: 8086:1622
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    driver: mesa intel device-ID: 8086:1622
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c
  Device-2: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8ca0
  API: ALSA v: k5.10.242-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC vendor: Apple
    driver: brcmfmac v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:43ba
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 28:f0:76:77:58:72
  IP v4: 192.168.129.3/23 type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: 192.168.129.255
  Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:1686
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: a8:60:b6:1e:2f:b3
  WAN IP: 62.235.34.220
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Apple Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    driver: btusb,hid-generic,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 1-8:5 chip-ID: 05ac:8294
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 181.23 GiB (13.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Apple model: HDD HTS541010A9E662 size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: JD8002D825WUDD
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: Portable SSD T3 size: 465.76 GiB
    type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: S2WENP0HA05448V
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 449.76 GiB used: 181.2 GiB (40.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 24.4 MiB (8.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sdb1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.42 GiB used: 256 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.64 GiB used: 3.65 GiB (47.8%)
  Processes: 213 Power: uptime: 52m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1400 Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash
    v: 5.3.3 running-in: mate-terminal inxi: 3.3.39
Mesa package upgrade
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8GB RAM using a linux and a second OS in a virtual box ? i’m not surprised that you’re running out of memory.

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Never had any problem with that, not with ANY guest OS ! It is only accurring with the lastest mesa…

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Regards.

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Well …

Graphical issues on older hardware (Black screen, Flickering) due to mesa 25.2.x update

It seems on older hardware the mesa 25.2.x update created some regressions which may result in black screens or flickering. Some older Nvidia cards with nouveau driver seem to be affected.

You can try to use the 25.1.x series of Mesa via this repo. Simply place it on top of [extra] in your /etc/pacman.conf file and use sudo pacman -Syuu to downgrade.

[mesa-251]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Server = https://download.manjaro.org/pkgs/mesa

If you have no graphical session available you can access the bootloader by pressing ESC key during boot and select the bootloader entry. Press CTRL+E for edit and search for the words quiet and splash. Delete those and add 3 to the line. Then execute CTRL+x to start your session. You will land in a text console TTY. Login with your user.

Edit the /etc/pacman.conf with nano: sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf. Perform the downgrade and reboot.

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I’ve been having similar symptoms… RAM fills up slowly, and after shutting down the VM, it doesn’t fully freed.

Hopefully it will be fixed with:

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Thank you very much, it is now solved indeed ! :slight_smile:
Greetz,

Eddy

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