Bug#573144: linux-image-2.6-686: kernel freezes related to i915 handle error

[Eric Chassande-Mottin <echassandemottin@gmail.com>]

dear Jonathan,

I'm now running a much more recent version of the kernel and
don't have this problem anymore.

thanks,
eric

uname -a
Linux tchao 2.6.39-2-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 8 11:01:04 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux



On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Eric Chassande-Mottin wrote:
>
>> this version of the kernel freezes randomly (when running X).
>> both screen and keyboard frozen. no other alternative than
>> a hard shut-off. this is likely related to the following error:
>> dmesg | grep error
>> render error detected, EIR: 0x00000010
>> [drm: i915_handle_error] *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x00000010 masking
>
> Sorry for the long silence.  I wonder if this was fixed by
> v2.6.32.16~48 (drm/i915: Rebind bo if currently bound with incorrect
> alignment, 2010-05-27) which was part of version 2.6.32-16 of Debian's
> kernel packages, or one of the many other i915 fixes in squeeze.
>
> Do you still experience this bug?  What kernel version do you use?
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>