Bug#457385: xserver-xorg: Crashed sometimes with intel video device
On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 08:50:37 +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Hongzheng Wang wrote:
>> Recently, the X usually crashed for hardware failure since the last
>> upgrade. After its crash, the screen become black and only
>> Ctrl-Alt-Del can be used, although the keyboard is not locked. The
>> detailed Xorg.0.log.old is following and the hardware failure is
>> reported at the end of this file:
>> (WW) intel(0): PRB0_CTL (0x0001f001) indicates ring buffer enabled
>> (WW) intel(0): PRB0_HEAD (0xd200100c) and PRB0_TAIL (0x00001070) indicate ring buffer not flushed
>> (WW) intel(0): Existing errors found in hardware state.
>>
>
> I am wondering whether this could be caused by the previous X session
> crashing and letting the hardware in a bad state, and then the new session
> failing with this message.
>
That's just a warning, afaik. I'm not sure this is what caused the
crash.
Cheers,
Julien
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