Bug#494321: [xserver-xorg-video-intel] Error in I830WaitLpRing(), timeout for 2 seconds - reboot needed

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

severity 494321 important
thank you


Guido Guenther wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.3.2-2
> Severity: serious
>
> X crashed with the attached output in Xorg.0.log when minimizing a
> Window with Compiz. Afterwards the monitor kind of "blinked" until I
> stopped gdm. Restarting gdm brought the blinking back but no solid
> picture. I had to reboot.

Switching to XAA is usually a good workaround for this kind of problem.
    Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
in the Device section.

I am downgrading severity to important to match many other Xorg
crash/lockup reports.

Brice