Bug#567475: xserver-xorg-video-intel: The latest update to testing broke some functionality on 855GM cards
Hi Michael.
On 10/04/2010 08:11 PM, Michael Maurer wrote:
Both versions of the package start the X-server (that is already an
improvement over the current
linux-image-2.6.32-5-686/xserver-xorg-video-intel combination in
testing) and the issues initially reported in the bug are gone, i.e.
shutdown, reboot, hibernate, logout all seem to work. The video
acceleration seems to work, too.
So, since the original problem were solved, maybe it would be more
appropriate to close this bug and start another one.
I have however had some issues with the xserver-xorg-video-intel 2.12
that don't occur with the 2.13 version.
I have an i855 too and for me 2.13 was a big improvement, particularly
on the stability front. I'm not a gamer and i don't use
suspend/hibernate, but i use this computer everyday for many hour and i
haven't seen a crash or an hang since i've installed it. Both with
kernel 2.6.32 and 2.6.35.
And on the speed front i haven't noted performance regression (even if
seems there are).
The 2.13 version doesn't have quite the same problems. It handles
screen resolution changes fine, and start games like Tux Racer and
Scorch3D, nevertheless I had a few crashes of the X-server with 2.13,
too. This bug was a little harder to trigger, but opening enough
applications including 3D ones usually did the trick and killed X.
After the bug was triggered once though, trying to start a 3D
application always killed X and trying to play a movie with mplayer
showed a blue window instead of the movie.
Good analisys.
Me too now can now put Youtube video fullscreen without make X crash.
Would be perfect if we could find a set of reproducible step to induce
one of this bug, so that we could file a precise bug report.
If you find it, let me know, so we can compare the results.
Ciao.
Cesare.
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