I have noticed lauching compiz actually makes the probability of crash smaller.
Without compiz, X *may* crash on:
- playing video (through drm, I suppose, on OpenGL surface; not Flash!) for some time which is at least 3 seconds (reliable)
--- this can be annoying if a web page plays a clip and lets a plugin handle it; VLC plugin starts, 3 seconds, boom.
- fullscreening video (not Flash e.g. youtube) (reliable)
- exiting fullscreen (not Flash) (very reliable)
With compiz, everything actually worked fine until now.
- Playing a video in Totem; fullscreen and back. Boom. Used to work tho.
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My xorg.conf:
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
Linux ******** 2.6.28-15-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 9 10:49:34 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
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aptitude show xserver-xorg-video-intel (strategic parts)
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Version: 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9.3
Size unpacked: 1323k
Description: X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
This package provides the driver for the Intel i8xx and i9xx family of chipsets, including i810, i815, i830, i845, i855, i865, i915, i945 and i965 series
chips.
This package also provides an XvMC (XVideo Motion Compensation) driver for i810 and i815 chipsets.
This package is built from the X.org xf86-video-intel driver module.
I have noticed lauching compiz actually makes the probability of crash smaller.
Without compiz, X *may* crash on:
- playing video (through drm, I suppose, on OpenGL surface; not Flash!) for some time which is at least 3 seconds (reliable)
--- this can be annoying if a web page plays a clip and lets a plugin handle it; VLC plugin starts, 3 seconds, boom.
- fullscreening video (not Flash e.g. youtube) (reliable)
- exiting fullscreen (not Flash) (very reliable)
With compiz, everything actually worked fine until now.
- Playing a video in Totem; fullscreen and back. Boom. Used to work tho.
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My xorg.conf:
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
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uname -a:
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Linux ******** 2.6.28-15-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 9 10:49:34 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
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aptitude show xserver-
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Version: 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9.3
Size unpacked: 1323k
Description: X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
This package provides the driver for the Intel i8xx and i9xx family of chipsets, including i810, i815, i830, i845, i855, i865, i915, i945 and i965 series
chips.
This package also provides an XvMC (XVideo Motion Compensation) driver for i810 and i815 chipsets.
This package is built from the X.org xf86-video-intel driver module.
Cheers,
jtakalai