Comment 195 for bug 120834

Sorry. Option 1. I havent yet tried option 2.

- Shane

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Bryce Harrington <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Shane, you didn't specify whether you were referring to option 1 or 2?
>
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> [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!
>
>