Bug#427811: xserver-xorg-video-intel: Occassional hard freeze switching from graphics to text mode
Ariel Garcia wrote:
> I now tested a bit more systematically and i found that the freeze (*)
> is not occasional, but it happens only _after_ having logged in in kde.
> If being in the kdm login window, i can switch back and forth between vt5/1
> without any problems (tested around 10 times). Once i log in into kde,
> switching to vt1 freezes the machine with a black screen and some random
> gray text-mode character blocks.
>
Do you have any special effects in your KDE? For instance some
transparency or funky compiz-like things that may required acceleration
and thus use DRI?
What if you don't start KDE but start a 3D application instead?
> I also tested "i810" and "intel" as Driver in xorg.conf (but i think these
> are aliases right?)
>
Yes, it's the same.
> Extra Issue which might have some relevance:
> the DPI setting is wrong under xserver-xorg-video-intel, it was ok
> under xserver-xorg-video-i810: I have
> DisplaySize 294 221
> (actual physical size) in my xorg.conf, to get the display in 120x120 dpi.
> However with -intel i get
> (**) I810(0): DPI set to (120, 120)
> whereas with i810 the result was:
> (**) intel(0): DPI set to (120, 160)
>
Yes, this is a known problem.
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Intel i915GM Internal LCD"
> Driver "intel"
> BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
> Option "VBERestore" "true"
> Option "DisplayInfo" "yes"
> Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
> Option "Clone" "On"
> Option "CloneRefresh" "60"
> EndSection
>
> (WW) intel(0): Option "VBERestore" is not used
> (WW) intel(0): Option "DisplayInfo" is not used
> (WW) intel(0): Option "MonitorLayout" is not used
> (WW) intel(0): Option "Clone" is not used
> (WW) intel(0): Option "CloneRefresh" is not used
>
All these options seem useless.
Brice
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