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

[Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>]

On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 05:25:06PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Switching to XAA is usually a good workaround for this kind of problem.
>     Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
> in the Device section.
Since this also helps with the ugly scrolling in firefox3 (which I
checked actually helps a lot):
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=708928&page=2
should we make this the default for lenny?

> I am downgrading severity to important to match many other Xorg
> crash/lockup reports.
I'd fully agree here with the XAA workaround in place. It's a little bit
strange to mark these things only as important otherwise - what would be
grave then? Anyway, it's your call.
Cheers,
 -- Guido