reassign 637511 src:linux-2.6 3.0.0-1 forwarded 637511 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40181 quit
P. J. McDermott wrote: > Investigation shows that the machine's Intel i915 GPU reproducibly hangs > on the first display manager login attempt after boot, but so far never > on subsequent attempts. Oddly we never saw this on Debian Squeeze live > CDs, so I wonder if this is a new bug in Linux. >From Chris Wilson, upstream: | Short story, don't even think of using the GPU on the 845G. There's a | fundamental silicon bug that the workaround for has been lost in the mists of | time and continues to cause misery for everyone unfortunate to encounter the | 845G. "Lost in the mists of time" means "Could be discovered by finding out how it regressed and staring at the old code". Because I don't remember, I'll just ask: does the 845G use KMS in squeeze? Thanks, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org