Bug#497707: xserver-xorg-video-intel: Occasional X-Server crash

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

Martin Lorenz wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.3.2-2+lenny3
> Severity: important
>
> Once in a while but unfortunately without any hint of reproducibility my X
> suddenly crashes.
> It simply goes 'woosh' and exits.
> gdm tries to restart but can't.
> X won't restart until I reboot.
>
> Have lost quite some open files recently.
>
> I found some error regarding ring buffe in the log (attached)
>
> Hope anyone can shed some light on this.
>   

Many people get random lockups like this, and we have basically no idea
where they come from.

Sometimes, adding
    Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
to the Device section of xorg.conf helps.

Brice