Bug 71012

Summary:	Xorg X11 causes video crashes on Dell Optiplex GX 110 PC that use i810 chipset
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Bob <custom_basses>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo X packagers <x11>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	High
Version:	1.4_rc4
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=198023&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=optiplex&start=125
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Description Bob 2004-11-12 14:18:32 UTC

the current version of Xorg-x11 causes video crashes on the Intel i810 chipset.  At random periods of time following boot, the video display will scramble into a series of colored vertical lines, locking up the system requiring a hard reboot.

this problem has been reported by multiple people on the gentoo website, and coincidentally they both had the same Dell PC (redhat certified) using the same i810 chipset.

Now here is the interesting part -- its not heat related.  it NEVER happens in windows, but i have tried a number of linux distros -- it happens in Mandrake 10.0, SuSE 9.1 Pro, and Gentoo.  It appears to be related to X and not related to the distros, as rolling back to xorg-x11-6.7.0-r2 cures the problem. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  load current version of X11 (Gentoo, Suse 9.1 or Mandrake 10.0)
2.  boot the system
3.  watch the screen freeze-up

Actual Results:  
video lockups

Expected Results:  
functional X window system

i apologize if this is not the right forum to post this bug report.  i'm hoping 
that you can kick it up to the people at X.

Comment 1 Rafal Peisert 2004-11-12 14:44:43 UTC

on my Compaq Deskpro w/i810 lockup doesn't occur but after a while X crashes with the error 'Active ring not flushed'. I guess the driver for the i810 in the xorg 6.8.0 is erm... FUBAR as there are a few similar bug reports found in google.

Comment 2 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-11-15 09:30:15 UTC

Rafal, see https://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1794.

B. Predaina, see http://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1817.

I'm closing this as upstream. If there's a fix committed upstream, feel free to reopen so I can add it.

Comment 3 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-11-20 12:30:14 UTC

B. Predaina's problem should be fixed in all current X versions.

Comment 4 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-11-20 12:30:25 UTC

Marking fixed.