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Bug#576848: [855GM] X crashes shortly after desktop startup



On Wed, Apr  7, 2010 at 20:16:04 +0200, Christian Beier wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.9.1-3
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> After upgrading to squeeze, X11 crashes a few seconds after startup on my JVC MP-XP731 with a 855GM. 
> The screen goes blank, no VT switching possible. SSH'ing in still works. I tried with a new user account to rule
> out any old-config issues: same result. Funny thing is GDM works okay. I can also start a sole X from commandline and
> can even run glxgears, so maybe it's an issue with UXA render accel. I cannot use UMS either: when booting with i915 modeset=0,
> the screen just goes blank on X startup, no Xorg log written, no ssh possible. So right now i'm sticking with vesa (which is not
> working at all with kms turned on, but that's another issue).
> 
> I also tried 2.6.30 kernel image and 2.6.33 from experimental, with different log output, but same overall results.
> I can post the logs if neccesary.
> 
> Trying out different intel drivers makes no big difference as well. With intel 2.11 from experimental X locks up instead 
> of crashing and VT switching is still possible, but that's it. Compiling older intel driver releases proved difficult
> as they rely on headers that X.org is not providing anymore since 7.1 or so.
> 
There are kernel patches on
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27187 which might help.

Cheers,
Julien

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