Comment 193 for bug 120834

To the Bug list.

Though the below "fixes" the issue of crashing (and the other graphic
corruption issues) the fix is SLOOOOOW. As though it is not using hardware
acceleration at all.

Regards,

Shane

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Bryce Harrington <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

>
> [This is an automatic notice.]
>
> We'd like to forward your bug upstream, however upstream requires
> that you first test it against their newer driver code.
>
> To save you the effort of building the driver from source, we've built
> packages for the driver and its new dependencies.
>
> So you have a couple options:
>
> 1. Download and test .debs for intrepid, from:
> https://edge.launchpad.net/~intel-gfx-testing/+archive<https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Eintel-gfx-testing/+archive>
>
> -or-
>
> 2. Download and test the Jaunty alpha-2 (or newer) Live CD,
> (which includes a beta of the new xserver 1.6 as well).
> See http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/ for ISOs
>
>
> Thanks ahead of time! You can simply reply to this email to report your
> findings.
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>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> [i965] intel gm965 freezes with 3d applications
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120834
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>
> Status in X.Org X server: Fix Released
> Status in "mesa" source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in "xserver-xorg-video-intel" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in mesa in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
> Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu Hardy: Invalid
> Status in "xserver-xorg-video-intel" source package in zUbuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> On some Intel GM965 machines, running OpenGL applications (eg. Blender,
> Second Life, the Endgame screensaver, Scorched3D) can crash the system.
>
> Symptoms: Colours go funny, then screen flashes between off and black with
> 'please wait' cursor about 10 times, then stops; does not respond to
> Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, but does reboot on Alt+SysRq+b. Logs the
> line
> Error in I830WaitLpRing(), timeout for 2 seconds
> in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
>
> (Please note that this is not the only X crash bug; if you cannot find
> an exact match for your symptoms then please file a new bug.)
>
> Workaround: Adding
> Option "DRI" "false"
> to the graphics controller Device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf avoids this
> bug, but may drastically reduce performance.
>
> This bug has been reported upstream and you can follow the link to xorg
> bugzilla, but as of 29.12.07 no developer managed to reproduce this bug (how
> to trigger it seems to be hardware dependent, with some i965s not appearing
> to have it at all) so it will be very hard to fix unless that changes
> if you are suffering from this bug please go to xorg bugzilla and report
> your hardware specifics.
> also please edit this bug description and add the name and exact model of
> your affected laptop.
>
> list of affected laptops:
> Acer Travelmate 6292
> Asus S62E Santa Rosa 965
> dell D830
> Dell 630
> Dell Inspiron 1420n
> Dell Inspiron 1525 (new)
> Dell Latitude D630
> Dell Latitude D830
> Dell Vostro 1310
> Dell XPS M1330
> HP Compac 6510b
> HP Compaq 6710b
> Thinkpad T61
> Thinkpad X61 Tablet
> Thinkpad X61s
> Apple Macbook (3,1/Santa Rosa)
> Acer Aspire 5315-052G12Mi
> Lenovo 3000 N200 (TY2BBGE)
> Sony vaio CR160
>
> also if you have one of these laptops and are not affected please tell
> us!
>
>