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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #304871
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 304871

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In , Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Created an attachment (id=20941)
Xorg.0.log

Forwarding this bug report from a Ubuntu reporter:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/304871
Also seen on Fedora:
http://webui.sourcelabs.com/fedora/issues/461829

[Problem]
X hangs during boot with error "Couldn't bind memory for BO front buffer"

[lspci]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device [8086:2562] (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device [8086:2562]

[Report]
Regression since 2.4.1 driver seen in 2.5.1 driver on 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE hardware. X hangs during start up and the following error message appears in the Xorg.0.log:

(EE) intel(0): Failed to pin front buffer: Cannot allocate memory

Fatal server error:
Couldn't bind memory for BO front buffer

Two other users indicated having a matching issue; one user was also on 845, the other on undeclared hardware. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=998754