Re: X freezes

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:36:40 +0000, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote:
> Hey all
> 
> When booting using kernel 2.6.29 my X freezes

Does the rest of the system still work when that happens? (e.g. VT switch, ssh,
ALT-SysRq)

>                                               but not when using
> kernel 2.6.26, but the older kernel runs X really slow and takes up a
> lot of CPU when doing simple things like blocking text in a
> gnome-terminal (so the terminal has to scroll, else it doesn't).
> 
> My system (lspci) is:
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

[...]

> My x.org file is:

[...]

> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
> EndSection

Try to add

      Option          "AccelMethod"   "UXA"

and/or

      Option          "Tiling"        "false"

to the device section before you start X.

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