Bug#466459: xserver-xorg-video-intel: intel driver loose/crash video at random

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 23:14:47 +0100, 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.
> 
Can you try a newer version (2.2.1 from unstable, or upstream git)?  If
it still crashes, please attach a log from the crash.

Thanks,
Julien