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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #447892
  2. Comment #128

Comment 128 for bug 447892

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In , legolas558 (legolas558) wrote :

(In reply to comment #41)
> legolas558,
>
> >bug is fixed for me when using these patches with latest linus tree (2.6.33-rc8):
>
 I later discovered that system is stable until you make a CPU/GPU-intensive usage; watching a video always causes crash.

> I tested the patches, too. Now I don't have freezes right at the login screen
> (gdm), but after a while using my system. The freeze is somehow different, the
> GPU hangs but I can still switch to another console now (that wasn't possible
> before I tested 2.6.33-rc8 with patches).
>
> Is your system still stable with the patches? Would you mind telling us which
> version of the mesa etc you are using?
>

When it crashes I can switch to VTs but it is no more possible to start Xorg, the GPU seems left in an inconsistent status.

I am using mesa 7.7, I can switch to the git Xorg development stack if necessary.

I still believe that mnowak's test would make the difference, and possibly RedHat might know which patch does the fix