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Bug#619472: X.org with i915 produces garbage sometimes being run on Linux 2.6.38



On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 20:21 +0100, Cesare Leonardi wrote:
> On 24/03/2011 11:30, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote:
> > After upgrading the kernel, X.org produces garbage in random screen areas.
> > That garbage persists in the windows in which it appears (I'm able to take
> > a screenshot of it).
> 
> I would suggest you to give a look at this:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=619472

That is the very same bug report you are responding to.  Probably not
what you meant to refer to.

> Here the problem seems to be in xserver-xorg-driver-intel, not in the 
> kernel.
> 
> But you have a rather new i945, so this can be unrelated.

Yes, different chips have different problems.

> That's the point. Now i have to use the 2.6.37 because with 2.6.38 i 
> have screen corruption. From what i've understood from Intel developers, 
> 2.6.38 contains changes that require an x driver not yet released or 
> older than the current.

And this is simply not true.

Please don't reply to bugs unless you are a maintainer or have real
information to add.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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