Bug#502367: xserver-xorg-video-intel: crashes once per day since upgrading to 2.6.26

[Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>]

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:39:26 -0400
Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> X has been crashing on me about once per day since upgrading to
> (debian lenny's) 2.6.26.  I don't recall this happening on 2.6.25,
> though I can confirm that if desired.

Note that I have since confirmed that it's not a kernel regression; it
does happen under 2.6.24 through 2.6.26.

> 
> When the X server crashes, the screen goes black, gdm attempts to
> restart a few times (and fails), and I'm dumped back to console.  I
> then have to reboot in order to get a working X.  This is on a
> thinkpad x40 running lenny with gnome.  I've attached the Xorg.log
> and Xorg.log.old. Dmesg doesn't contain any useful information
> regarding the crash.
> 
> I would be more than happy to test patches.

I've tested newer intel drivers (2.5.x), and they crash as well.