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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #359392 (x-freeze-apr3)
  2. Comment #248

Comment 248 for bug 359392

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Soeren Sonnenburg (bugreports-nn7) wrote : Re: [Bug 359392] Re: [i965] X freezes starting on April 3rd

On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 03:41 +0000, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Btw, unless your intel_gpu_dump output roughly matches what I've posted,
> you may be having an unrelated bug.
>
> For me, the issue goes away when booting mesa 7.3 or turning off desktop
> effects or using AccelMethod UXA. The freeze I see is a memory issue
> that crops up after opening a lot of windows, either via use of mdz's
> script (which triggers the freeze in 5-10 min) or after a few hour's of
> "normal" use.
>
> If your freeze does not match this sequence of steps, you probably are
> having an unrelated freeze bug.

I guess you have a different bug then, because this one happens no
matter what AccelMethod you use nor does it help to disable compiz. It
just takes a little longer for it to occur.