X freezes right after login when using EXA on G45 machine
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Amit Kucheria | ||
Intrepid |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Amit Kucheria | ||
xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Intrepid |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
So my machine with intel chipset G45 (motherboard is Gigabyte GA-EG45M-DS2H) freezes right after boot when X.org runs in EXA mode. Upstream have now provided a fix for this and the bug was in intel-agp.ko. Further I have tried to apply this patch to the intrepid kernel and it works, I can login without any hacks in xorg.conf, and I get direct direct rendering etc.
The patch that made it work was:
http://
Even though is pretty late in the game I think this patch should be considered for cherry picking into intrepid. Personally I will run the git versions anyway but a lot of new users with modern intel machines might not be able to do that.
Note:
1) This patch is very small
2) This patch is essentially says "if card is Gx5 then do blah" so it's lower than usual risk
Related branches
Changed in linux-meta: | |
assignee: | nobody → ubuntu-kernel-team |
Changed in linux: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-8.10-beta |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-i810: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in linux: | |
milestone: | ubuntu-8.10-beta → ubuntu-8.10 |
This fix went into linus .28 tree with commit a45fbc33137b11e 479ea8b7d478a1d 7e6488971b (which merged airlied's drm tree).