Bug#901497: Hard system hangs after upgrade from 18.0.5-1 to 18.1.1-1

[Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@debian.org>]

On 14.06.2018 10:00, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Package: libgl1-mesa-dri
> Version: 18.1.1-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Severity "important" because it hard-hangs the system, but not RC
> because presumably it doesn't happen on all configurations.
> 
> After upgrading all the mesa packages from 18.0.5-1 to 18.1.1-1, I can
> consistently and quickly hard-hang the system by visiting almost any
> non-trivial webpage in Firefox. The symptom is that the loading
> indicator and all other display updates will freeze, the system will
> stop responding to keystrokes (including alt-tab or ctrl-w), and the
> mouse cursor will temporarily keep functioning but stop working if I
> move it to the upper left corner to trigger the (gnome-shell) overview.
> 
> I reproduced this several times in a row (with reboots in between). I
> then downgraded the mesa packages back to 18.0.5-1, and the problem
> stopped occurring.
> 
> (Note that the information below comes from the system after downgrading
> to 18.0.5.)

that's odd, I've been running 18.1.0 on my KBL laptop (on Ubuntu though)
without any issues..

maybe file it upstream and see what happens


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