On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:19:52 +0200, Alexander Heinlein wrote: > > One thing to try would be to install the 2.6.36-rc kernel from > > experimental and see if the hang with opera is reproducible. > It is reproducible with 2.6.36-rc5-686 version 2.6.36~rc5-1~experimental.1. > I guess I am doomed with this old chip :(. > Could you mount debugfs with 'mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug', and when the hang happens, capture the /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_error_state file (when running on the newer kernel)? > Another thing that bothers me with the new kernels is that I have to enable > KMS to use the intel driver, but disable it if I want to use vesa (the > current fallback for me). Changing the bootloader configuration and > rebooting just to switch the graphics driver doesn't seem right. > With X stopped, 'echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind; rmmod i915' should work (assuming vtcon1 is the one with name = 'frame buffer device'). Cheers, Julien
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