Public bug reported: When I run google-earth 6.2.1.6014-r0 using the Sandy Bridge GPU, X freezes while zooming in on a location. For instance this happens when I type 'Caversham WA' into the Google Earth search: X freezes about half- way through the animation.
This happens in Unity, Unity2d, or gnome-shell in Ubuntu 12.04. X completely freezes so that I can't even switch to a tty console. However, I can still ssh into the machine from a remote location. Restarting lightdm has no effect but I can reboot the PC. If I run google-earth through the nvidia card on this PC (using bumblebee/optirun) there is no problem. google-earth also runs fine in a VM on this machine using the VirtualBox OSE graphics drivers, and it also runs fine on another PC with only an nvidia card. The Xorg.0.log file reports "EQ overflowing" and gives a number of backtraces (the Xorg.0.log is attached in case apport didn't find it). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 Uname: Linux 3.3.1-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Sat Apr 7 11:09:12 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-03-02 12:54:22,948 WARNING no activity on terminal for 240 seconds (Installed mysql-client-5.5) DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L502X ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.3.1-generic root=UUID=67083065-b92e-4596-a218-817c1dfc8ae7 ro i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-02 (35 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/20/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.name: 0NJT03 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd02/20/2012:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL502X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0NJT03:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L502X dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.4-0ubuntu3 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu35 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 precise ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975689 Title: X freezes completely running google earth on xserver-xorg-video-intel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/975689/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ 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