Comment 178 for bug 359392

it has been running now for over 40 minutes, simply amazing from my
first experience with it.
im gonna close all those windows now and terminate the test.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:29 PM, wirechief <email address hidden> wrote:
> nope i needed to use bash in front of the script. its currently running....
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> 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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