Bug#491205: xserver-xorg-video-intel causes X to crash irrecoverably and without warning (fatal server error: lockup)

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

On Monday 17 November 2008, Tino Keitel wrote:
> you might try if the lockups go away if you put this line into the
> device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
>
> Option "FramebufferCompression" "off"
>
> If it solves the problem, then you are hit by a bug that is solved in
> version 2.4 of the intel driver.

I've not actually seen the crash as I described it in
http://bugs.debian.org/491205#10
anymore, though I do still have occasional (though very infrequent) total 
lockups of the X server. So I'll give this a try anyway. But the chance 
that I can report any meaningful results is close to zero.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Cheers,
FJP