Comment 176 for bug 359392

nope i needed to use bash in front of the script. its currently running....

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:28 PM, wirechief <email address hidden> wrote:
> So far I have not had any freezes. and you are right this is installed.
> ic  libgl1-mesa-swx11                          7.4-0ubuntu2~bug359392~1
> I thought about removing it and just updating, but have not done so.
> perhaps I should and see if freezes start.
> however I am also unable to run the repro.sh perhaps i need to re-run
> SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz and that will allow the script to run but at this
> point I know the script will freeze my system and freeze it right away.
> (not fun)
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> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Zack Evans <email address hidden> wrote:
>> I've been thinking about the tangle of package versions we've got now
>> and it prompted a couple of thoughts.
>>
>> 1. What happens when you have libgl1-mesa-glx AND lib-gl1-mesa-swx11
>> installed?
>>
>> AIUI -glx is the hw-acceleration version of OpenGL and will therefore
>> trigger any DRI bugs we have and generally sweat the graphics hardware
>> fully, whereas -swx11 is a software rendering engine for OpenGL and
>> unlikely to use the full capabilities of the chipset.
>>
>> Could it be we have some people here with swx11 accidentally installed
>> therefore putting them into software render mode, and therefore going
>> -around- any bugs in the hw?
>>
>> I notice wirechief has ended up with both installed... glx "official"
>> 7.4-0ubuntu3 but swx11 from Bryce's purple version.
>>
>> 2. What libosmesa6 do - "Mesa Off-screen rendering extension"
>>
>> I don't have it installed, I guess because no other package has ever
>> pulled it in. If I ask to install -swx11 then I need to install this
>> library too... so I haven't, yet, but might be interesting to see if it
>> changes my symptoms.
>>
>> I've gone to 7.4-0ubuntu3 and I CAN now boot with EXA + greedy under
>> 2.6.30RC2 - I had a freeze straightaway in X with 7.4.0ubuntu2. So
>> something's fixed in EXA mode at least...
>>
>> --
>> [i965] X freezes starting on April 3rd
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359392
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