Bug 175806 – x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810-2.0.0 crashes Xorg with dual head

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Fred Röhner 2007-04-24 07:40:18 UTC]

Starting X with a (non-clone) dual head server layout crashes Xorg during initialization.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Upgrade x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810-1.7.4 to -2.0.0
2.Start X with dual head non-clone server layout

Actual Results:  
Xorg crashes:
...
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 0 at 0x007bf000 (pgoffset 1983)

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x6d) [0x479cbe]
1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x2b4470996690]
2: /usr/bin/X(xf86_hide_cursors+0x16) [0x4a6acd]
3: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//i810_drv.so [0x2b44718e4ee0]
4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//i810_drv.so [0x2b44718e5efa]
5: /usr/bin/X(AddScreen+0x1f7) [0x432773]
6: /usr/bin/X(InitOutput+0x26d) [0x45e5a0]
7: /usr/bin/X(main+0x275) [0x432f4a]
8: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe3) [0x2b4470984323]
9: /usr/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xa1) [0x4324b9]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Expected Results:  
no crash

with single head layout there seems to be no problem;
if version of "xf86-video-i810" is downgraded to -1.7.4, X runs smoothly again.

[Comment 1 Jan Hendrik Grahl (RETIRED) 2007-04-24 22:54:47 UTC]

I got similar errors when I upgraded to 2.0.0, however, it made no difference whether I used single or dual head layouts (also tried not running 915resolution, no change). Downgrading solved the problem. This happened with an Intel 945GM in a Macbook.

[Comment 2 Adam King 2007-04-30 13:58:53 UTC]

Same thing happens to me when using dual head and 2.0.0 - works fine for single head.  Had to downgrade back to 1.7.4 for dual head to work.  System is a Dell D420. From lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

[Comment 3 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2007-04-30 23:31:59 UTC]

Which X server version are you guys using?

[Comment 4 Stephan Wagner 2007-05-04 21:00:41 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Which X server version are you guys using?
> 

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Same Problem here:
I am using:

x11-base/xorg-x11-7.2
x11-base/xorg-server-1.2.0-r3

[Comment 5 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2007-05-05 15:38:55 UTC]

What happens if you update your server to 1.3?

[Comment 6 Shahar Evron 2007-05-13 21:45:11 UTC]

I have the same issue with xorg-server 1.3.0
Doesn't matter whether I'm on dual head or not. 

[Comment 7 Radek Podgorny 2007-07-04 18:33:10 UTC]

This is to be expected as Intel has changed the internal stuff. The dual-head setup is now achieved using xrandr and not MonitorLayout anymore. I've just finished solving this in debian.

See http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-May/024411.html

[Comment 8 Radek Podgorny 2007-07-04 19:42:06 UTC]

...and http://downgra.de/archives/2007/06/26/#e2007-06-26T15_14_43.txt

[Comment 9 Alan Hourihane 2007-08-02 20:01:30 UTC]

Yes, unfortunately, this is an upstream bug that is known about in the new 2.0 intel driver.

It's not a gentoo bug.

[Comment 10 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2007-08-02 20:17:39 UTC]

(In reply to comment #9)
> Yes, unfortunately, this is an upstream bug that is known about in the new 2.0
> intel driver.

Alan: Is there an upstream bugzilla bug that we could link this to?

[Comment 11 Alan Hourihane 2007-08-02 20:51:47 UTC]

Sure....

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10945

not much there, but I know about it and so does Eric.

[Comment 12 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2007-08-02 21:34:52 UTC]

Great. Please reopen the bug once it's fixed upstream.