Bug#471782: xserver-xorg-video-intel: "X Error: BadAlloc" thrown when trying to render howtoforge.org

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

reassign 471782 xserver-xorg-core
found 471782 2:1.4.1~git20080131-2
retitle 471782 BadAlloc error killing firefox when loading
howtoforge.org with EXA
thank you



Kevin Mitchell wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.2.1-1
> Severity: important
>
>
> When rendering the page http://www.howtoforg.org with a clean 
> Firefox profile, it crashes 100% of the time with the following error message 
>
> The program 'gecko' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
>   (Details: serial 23116 error_code 11 request_code 53 minor_code 0)
>   


Same problem on ATI Mobility X300 with a recent ati driver and firefox
3b4. But only when using EXA, switching back to XAA seems to fix the
problem. Try adding
    Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
to the device section of xorg.conf

I am retitling accordingly and reassign the server.

Brice