You have been subscribed to a public bug: I guess the kernel just doesn't like my laptops built in video. With 10.x I never had this problem but now with 11.x my screen just freezes completely I am using compiz and the good ol gnome desktop. Here is the output from my kern.log Jul 31 10:40:42 G44DedfgfgrR0 kernel: [ 2896.844061] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung Jul 31 10:40:42 G44DedfgfgrR0 kernel: [ 2896.845389] [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -11 (awaiting 2687278 at 2687194, next 2687283) Jul 31 10:40:44 G44DedfgfgrR0 kernel: [ 2898.980018] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung Jul 31 10:40:46 G44DedfgfgrR0 kernel: [ 2900.572036] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung Jul 31 10:40:46 G44DedfgfgrR0 kernel: [ 2900.572074] [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_do_wait_request returns -11 (awaiting 2687290 at 2687194, next 2687291) Jul 31 10:40:46 G44DedfgfgrR0 kernel: [ 2900.572505] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* GPU hanging too fast, declaring wedged! Jul 31 10:40:46 G44DedfgfgrR0 kernel: [ 2900.572511] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* Failed to reset chip.
When this problem occurs which is every day and seemingly random times I have gone to tty1 and logged in as root then tried to restart gdm and kill X but when I go back to my display it is just a black screen I can hear the sound of the greater go off but no visuals. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic 2.6.38-10.46 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: kenthefurry 2131 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf4700000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)' Components : 'HDA:14f15051,17aac001,00100000' Controls : 16 Simple ctrls : 8 Date: Sun Jul 31 10:51:03 2011 MachineType: LENOVO 2958 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic root=UUID=b9367aad-35e9-4793-9c9d-a22489caf0ba ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-10-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-10-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.52 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/21/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 18CN33WW(V2.06) dmi.board.name: NITU1 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: REFERENCE dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr18CN33WW(V2.06):bd08/21/2009:svnLENOVO:pn2958:pvrLenovoG550:rvnLENOVO:rnNITU1:rvrREFERENCE:cvnNoEnclosure:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: 2958 dmi.product.version: Lenovo G550 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty regression-release -- Display Freezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/818898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp