[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-01 Thread Flabdablet
Having trouble getting the box to boot at all with Lucid + xorg-edgers, as xserver-xorg-video-intel requires mode switching enabled in the kernel but leaving nomodeset=1 off the options line makes the machine boot into a video mode that its monitor doesn't support (probably related to bug 522488).

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-29 Thread Flabdablet
Same old freeze while using remote desktop viewer. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-29 Thread Flabdablet
Brian: after the last freeze, I accidentally rebooted into your patched kernel (2.6.31-50-generic) and ran it for a while with the same packages as in comment #200, and it also froze while I was using remote desktop viewer. So it looks like even that kernel's horrible GUI sloth doesn't actually

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-28 Thread Flabdablet
$ pkgs='libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg' $ dpkg --status $pkgs | grep Version | uniq uname -rv Version: 2.4.14-1ubuntu1 Version: 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.2~gomyhr1~clipsolids~karmic

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-20 Thread Flabdablet
Now using Karmic with Jaunty's kernel. $ pkgs='libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg'; dpkg --status $pkgs | grep Version | uniq uname -rv Version: 1:2.4.11-2+karmic3 Version:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-20 Thread Flabdablet
It died, but not exactly the same way: this time, there was a sudden burst of disk activity during which everything went black, then no response to mouse or keyboard. I've attached Xorg.0.log retrieved via ssh before I rebooted; looks like X has crashed and then failed on restart. ** Attachment

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-17 Thread Flabdablet
20 hours freeze free - I'm prepared to call it stable. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-16 Thread Flabdablet
OK, here I am back in Karmic, and just making sure we're all using the same stuff: $ pkgs='libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg'; sudo apt-get install $pkgs /dev/null dpkg

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-16 Thread Flabdablet
Karmic froze. Now testing Jaunty. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-13 Thread Flabdablet
$ dpkg --status libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg | grep Version | uniqow...@owner-desktop:~$ dpkg --status libdrm-dev libdlibdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-10 Thread Flabdablet
I haven't yet seen the familiar freeze, but I've also not really had the opportunity to work with that box for very long at a stretch, so I'm not prepared to swear it's stable yet. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-07 Thread Flabdablet
$ dpkg --status libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg | grep Version | uniq Version: 2.4.11-0jaunty2 Version: 2:2.7.0-jaunty2 $ uname -rv 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-07 Thread Flabdablet
Now trying your new libdrm with the old driver: $ dv=2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9; sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel=$dv xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg=$dv $ dpkg --status libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-07 Thread Flabdablet
Just to clarify: I've had text console switching misbehaviour both times I've tried driver version 2:2.7.0-jaunty1. It's not a complete X freeze: the keyboard stays responsive, I can see the monitor turning its backlight off and on as I attempt to switch screens, and the monitor's OSD reports

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-03 Thread Flabdablet
$ echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/brian-rogers/graphics-testing/ubuntu jaunty main | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brian-rogers.list $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 311bdf2d $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread Flabdablet
12:2.7.0 and friends listed above just froze while looking at a Flash- based web site, so I guess we're still looking at a driver issue, not a mesa or libdrm2 one. I don't have a Jaunty installer disc or any blanks here, but will burn one before coming to work tomorrow if you think running an

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread Flabdablet
In the meantime, I will grit my teeth, knees and elbows and persist with testing linux-image-2.6.31-50-generic with a ppa-purged Karmic. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread Flabdablet
Couldn't bear working with linux-image-2.6.31-50-generic any longer. Now running a fresh Jaunty installation. Will report any freezes. If there's somebody else whose freeze experience matches mine wrt driver versions in use, it would be good to put your hand up, as I won't have access to these

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
After noticing in Xorg.0.log that 2.8.0 used UXA by default while 2.7.0 was picking EXA, I added Option AccelMethod UXA to the Device section in xorg.conf and reinstalled 2.7.0. This has fixed the early freeze reported in comment #138. I will be working with this box for the next couple of

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
2.7.0 just froze in the usual way, while scrolling a remote VNC window with vinaigre. I hadn't added your ppa to my sources.list.d; I've just been downloading and dpkg --installing xserver-xorg-video-intel .debs. So I've just done sudo apt-get update sudo dpkg --force-depends --remove

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
OK, assuming may impair performance in certain specific scenarios means the same thing as makes the entire desktop experience unresponsive enough to be intolerable except for debugging purposes it appears that your patched kernel is working as intended :-) Will report freezes if any occur. --

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
OK, I'll test that idea. There did seem to be a stability improvement going from the stock xserver-xorg-video-intel to your 7:2.8.99.901-5-g57fc09c version, so I'll start again with that and the libdrm2 and mesa stuff from your ppa: $ echo deb

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
Got the usual freeze while scrolling a Firefox tab. Now testing: kernel: 2.6.31-19-generic libgl1-mesa-dri, libgl1-mesa-glx, libglu1-mesa, libosmesa6, mesa-utils: 1:7.4.1-1ubuntu6+karmic libdrm2: 1:2.4.11-2+karmic3 xserver-xorg-video-intel: 12:2.7.0 What are the chances of a workaround kernel

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Flabdablet
These boxes are all booting with nomodeset=1 kernel parameters and 1024x768 forced in xorg.conf anyway, per bug 522488. 12:2.7.0 is a doozy! Freezes in the customary fashion before even making it to the desktop (these boxes are all set to auto-login) on four tries out of five so far, 15 seconds

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
After more than 24 hours of stable running on this box, 7:2.8.0-8-g12c5aec froze while attempting to use gdebi to install 7:2.8.0-27-g926c7e7. It also froze once while attempting to launch gedit on another identical box (I'm trying to set up a batch of elderly school computers for cost-recovery

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
Mouse cursor moves, but clicks are ignored and keyboard is locked up (caps/num lock produce no change in status LEDs, ctrl-alt-Fn doesn't work). Disk activity continues. If a freeze is going to happen, it will most often be right when an app is in the process of opening a new window. I'm using

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
I've just installed 11:2.8.0, and if it freezes I will watch the desktop clock for a minute and let you know. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
I now have two of these boxes on the same bench, both with 11:2.8.0 installed. The one I'm using to try to get today's work done is running sshd, and the other one is running top on it via ssh. I have pressed Murphy's Law into service to help these boxes freeze if they're going to freeze, by also

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
Thanks, Murphy. Love your work. 11:2.8.0 froze while using Firefox to compose a Gmail. As usual the mouse cursor remained movable (though stuck in the I-beam shape from the compose window, this time) but no response to clicks or keyboard. The desktop clock didn't update. The top listing on the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread Flabdablet
2.8.99.901-5-g57fc09c just froze, right as gdebi was about to install 2.8.99.901-16-g7e7db7a :-( Rebooted, installing 2.8.99.901-16-g7e7db7a now. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread Flabdablet
2.8.99.901-16-g7e7db7a froze fairly quickly, as expected (playing Klondike, fwiw). Now trying 2.8.0-47-ge903b3e. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread Flabdablet
2.8.0-47-ge903b3e froze. Trying 2.8.0-8-g12c5aec. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread Flabdablet
No freeze so far with 2.8.0-8-g12c5aec. Have to go now; will leave this machine running and check it again in ~12 hours. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-21 Thread Flabdablet
Acer SK20 here. 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) kernel: Linux version 2.6.31-19-generic (bui...@palmer) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) ) #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 01:26:53 UTC 2010 (Ubuntu

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 391705] Re: [Karmic] kernel = 2.6.30-10 with vga=791 tty consoles not accessible and not showing dmesg.

2010-01-21 Thread Flabdablet
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 391215 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391215 As far as I've been able to determine by experiment, the Karmic kernels completely ignore the vga= option, and rely on EDID to work out what resolution to use. For those of us unfortunate enough to own

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 391705] Re: [Karmic] kernel = 2.6.30-10 with vga=791 tty consoles not accessible and not showing dmesg.

2010-01-21 Thread Flabdablet
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 391215 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391215 Whoops, sorry, missed duplicate status. Cross-posting a link and additional info. -- [Karmic] kernel = 2.6.30-10 with vga=791 tty consoles not accessible and not showing dmesg.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 391215] Re: vga=791 kernel line option breaks tty consoles

2010-01-21 Thread Flabdablet
As described in my careless post to a duplicate bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/391705/comments/10 this happens to me as well. Acer SK20, Intel 845 graphics so I don't think it's just an nVidia issue. The following lines from dmesg (attached) are interesting: