Bug#466459: xserver-xorg-video-intel: intel driver loose/crash video at random
Fabrice Lorrain wrote:
> This driver has been unusable on my mac-mini (core 2 duo) since
> novembre (and on several intel chipset, from other bts entries).
> It has been crashing X at random resulting in lost of data
> of the current session and breaking any distants ones.
> (most notably my ongoing blobwars game ;-)
>
> If you feel like downgrading the severity, no lower than "serious",
> please. This driver is not suitable for lenny.
>
> As reported by others, since the 2.2.x branch of intel driver, X is
> going randomly in some suspend mode, and the only way out of it is a plain
> reboot. Sucks.
>
Do you have multiple outpus connected enabled when the crash happens? It
seems to be related in some cases.
Does
Option "FramebufferCompression" "false"
help?
Can you try with some other kernels? I sometimes felt like 2.6.18 didn't
cause any crash while >=2.6.22 does. Not sure about 2.6.24 or later.
Brice
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