Bug#497116: xorg: random crashes on shutdown
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 01:04:55AM +0200, Sten Heinze wrote:
> Package: xorg
> Version: 1:7.3+15
> Severity: grave
> Justification: causes data loss
>
>
> xorg crashes randomly on shutdown, i.e. after the desktop environment
> shut down (closing programs and playing shutdown sound). The screen does
> not return to the normal console (tty1) but stays black instead and
> freezes the system (only switching off helps). This happened for me both
> with KDE 3 and 4 (each using the latest versions available in Debian).
>
> Unfortunately no information about the crash is recorded in the log
> files, and I did not find a clearly reproducable pattern. It usually
> happens once a day, although I start/shutdown the system only about 2-4
> times a day. This is extremely annoying, in particular when losing data
> after working on it all day.
>
> I am using Thinkpad X40 with an integrated Intel 855GM graphics
> controller.
Does this still happen with latest intel driver in unstable
or experimental?
Brice
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