Bug#452357: xserver-xorg-video-intel: 945GM always crashes within 10 seconds of login

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Andrew McMillan wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.1.1-4
> Severity: important
>
> Note that the version above is given because I have had to downgrade
> this package to have a usable system.  The problems are with version
> 2.2.0-1, which crashes about 10 seconds after I log in.  To recover I am
> forced to downgrade the driver to 2.1.1-4 *and* to reboot the system.
>
> The logs that I have of the crash are, I think of the subsequent
> failures to start the X server after the original crash, rather than the
> crash itself.  If it would be helpful I can try and get one of just the
> first crash and attach it.
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier	"Default Screen"
> 	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
> 	DefaultDepth	24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Modes		"1400x1050"
> 		Virtual		2880 2048
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
>   

Please try without the Virtual line above, or with <= 2048 for each
dimension. If it helps, it would be a duplicate of #451570, even if
you're seeing the lockup 10s after startup while other people see it
immediately.

Brice