Bug#607484: i915: [845G] gpu hangs

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

retitle 607484 i915: [845G] CPU/GPU incoherency (gpu hangs if shadowfb disabled)
reassign 607484 src:linux-2.6 2.6.32-29
# "      compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 2.3.2"
notfound 599375 xserver-xorg-video-intel/2:2.13.0-5
merge 599375 607484
severity 607484 wishlist
tags 607484 = upstream
found 607484 linux-2.6/3.2~rc4-1~experimental.1
forwarded 607484 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26345
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Hi again,

relative@gmx.net wrote:

> the upstream bug is:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26345

Thanks.

> as you can see in the report this was reported many times and
> appears to affect all 845G chipsets, so please do not ship squeeze
> without a fix or the following workaround.
[...]
> Option "Shadow" "true"
> in the xorg.conf "Device" section.

Maybe this was correctly being used as the default when the "Device"
section was absent (see the xserver-xorg-video-intel changelog) but
not when present?  In any event, it seems to be fixed in squeeze and
sid.

Cheers,
Jonathan