Hi 2010/6/21 Nigel Atkinson <ni...@atkinson.gen.nz>
> I've tried the driver from ppa:glasen/intel-driver on two identical > machines with i845 (from Memory - not at them at present). One seems to > now work fine and can even run Blender without crashing (which would > instantly previously). It has the server kernel (server + gnome- > desktop). > > On the other, a standard 10.04 desktop install (and Parents machine to > hard to test on) - I'm not sure if the driver made things more stable as > I had to revert due to a problem with pictures, usually photos in > Firefox. The pictures would initially show as a black rectangle, but > usually show the picture once moused over. Some showed a previous > picture slightly offset. It looks to me like the initial texture coping > is not working - and having the mouse cursor over that part of the > screen forces an update. > > Here's hoping this info gives someone an 'A ha!' moment. :-) > > -- > MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541492 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: Confirmed > Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” source package in Lucid: Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel > > This is a MASTER bug report, i.e. not a real bug report, but a tool to help > manage other bug reports. > > Most bug reports on i845 are probably due to the CPU/GPU incoherency > problem that is now consolidated upstream at > http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26345 . For now, we mark all > automatically reported GPU lockups as duplicates of this unless there is a > reason not to. > > A fixed kernel is available at > https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/graphics-fixes<https://launchpad.net/%7Ebrian-rogers/+archive/graphics-fixes> > > To use this fixed kernel, run the following commands: > > sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brian-rogers/graphics-fixes > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.34-v9patch-generic > > There is a similar master bug report for i855 at bug 541511. > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/541492/+subscribe > +1 Regards N.Nandhakumar -- MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541492 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs