Bug#659842: X server crashes sporadically when changing virtual desktops

["Joe Nahmias" <joe@nahmias.net>]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 02:11:01PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Joseph Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net> (13/02/2012):
> > Lately it seems that the X server has been crashing sporadically when
> > I switch virtual desktops in Xfce.  I'm attaching the appropriate
> > Xorg.log and a full backtrace from the core file left behind.
> > 
> > Please let me know what the next step is.
> 
> Update to kernel 3.2, you're still on some release candidate. And if
> that doesn't work better with a recent kernel, you could give the
> server+intel driver from experimental a shot.

I updated to kernel 3.2.0 -- still crashes.  My intel driver is already on
the version from experimental and I don't see a newer server...

$ uname -srvm
Linux 3.2.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Feb 5 15:17:15 UTC 2012 x86_64

$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-intel:
  Installed: 2:2.17.0+git20120204-1
  Candidate: 2:2.17.0+git20120204-1
  Version table:
 *** 2:2.17.0+git20120204-1 0
        200 http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/debian/ experimental/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:2.17.0-1 0
        990 http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
        990 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages

$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.6+11
  Candidate: 1:7.6+11
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.6+11 0
        990 http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
        990 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


--Joe