Bug#607484: upgrade-reports: unusable on intel i810

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hey Mario,

Sorry for the long lull.

relative@gmx.net wrote:

> X freezes on a regular basis on i810 graphics, with messages like this:
> [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
> render error detected,
> EIR: 0x00000000
> [drm:i915_do_wait_request]
> *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -5 (awaiting 62 at 61)

There have been some fixes for GPU hangs in the meantime.

[...]
> the workaround is:
>
> Option "Shadow" "true"
> in the xorg.conf "Device" section.
>
> to reproduce this bug, use:
> x11perf -range copywinpix10,comppixwin500 -time 1 -repeat 1

Thanks for providing a reproduction recipe.  Can you still reproduce
this?  What version of the kernel and of xserver-xorg-video-intel do
you use?  Any other news?

Thanks for your help and patience.

Sincerely,
Jonathan