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Bug 235084

Summary: xf86-video-i810 crashes frequently
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Ferry <freaky>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Gentoo X packagers <x11>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17238
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: emerge --info
xorg log
xorg.conf

Description Ferry 2008-08-18 07:28:01 UTC
Ever since the last couple of versions the i810 driver crashes frequently on me. Sometimes it doesn't happen all day, some times it happens several times a day. Issue is still present in 2.4.0-r1.

Just happily working in X when all of a sudden the screen goes black. X tries to automatically restart like 3 times, after that I get a ncurses? dialog static X can't start and if I want to view error report.



Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
Can't reproduce at will. Not located source. Doubt it's anything I do that triggers it. I'm not always using the same app, doing the same thing, etc.


Expected Results:  
X don't crash.
Comment 1 Ferry 2008-08-18 07:28:22 UTC
Created attachment 163184 [details]
emerge --info
Comment 2 Ferry 2008-08-18 07:29:16 UTC
Created attachment 163185 [details]
xorg log
Comment 3 Ferry 2008-08-18 07:29:48 UTC
Created attachment 163186 [details]
xorg.conf
Comment 4 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-08-18 13:16:08 UTC
Could you please enable the "ModeDebug" option of the intel driver in your xorg.conf? (check the man page on how to enable it)

That will make the Intel driver much more verbose.

In the mean time, please do :

1) read this : http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html
2) open a bug over at http://bugs.freedesktop.org
3) add "remi@gentoo.org" as a CC on the new bug

That will get this bug identified and fixed much faster.

Thanks
Comment 5 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-08-29 15:00:50 UTC
Reassigning back to x11 as I am now on that alias.
Comment 6 Ferry 2008-09-02 06:53:03 UTC
Sorry about not responding this long. Some how ever since I enabled the ModeDebug (and this is all I changed to X) it doesn't crash anymore (well not yet anyways). Kind of strange, it never ran this long without crashing w/o the debug mode.

Do have 2 other problems, don't know if they are related. They seem opposites of each other too.

If in X i switch to console with Ctrl+Alt+F1 and then switch back, I usually don't get any screen anymore (it remains black). Can switch back to console that's fine.

If the laptop suspends to memory and comes out of it, X will show just gray with pale colored lines. I have to switch to terminal, the terminal will stay black, and switch back to X. X is usually fine then, but the consoles don't show anymore.
Comment 7 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-09-02 07:39:25 UTC
Ferry, please open a bug in FreeDesktop's Bugzilla like I suggested in comment #4. It's about the only way to get this fixed as I'm just a maintainer, I don't know the code.

Thanks
Comment 8 Ferry 2008-09-02 08:04:58 UTC
My bad, this was supposed to be posted there. It is opened, you're on the CC.

http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17238
Comment 9 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-09-02 08:10:44 UTC
Alright, thanks for the follow up. We'll track the issue there from now on.