Maybe a workaround for some people: I had a similar problem here, using the Dapper i810 driver with a 82845G/GL integrated graphics. X started up fine, but entering into terminal mode with Ctrl+Alt+F1 and back again caused infinite respawn.
>From my Xorg.log: Error in I830WaitLpRing(), now is -1569538191, start is -1569540192 pgetbl_ctl: 0x1ffe0001 pgetbl_err: 0x49 ipeir: 0 iphdr: 810000 LP ring tail: d0 head: 90 len: 1f001 start 0 eir: 0 esr: 10 emr: ff7b instdone: ffc1 instpm: 0 memmode: 0 instps: 2c hwstam: fffe ier: 82 imr: 53c iir: 1 space: 131000 wanted 131064 (II) I810(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel (II) I810(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0xe0c5f000 at 0xb7885000 Fatal server error: lockup Changing the "Internal Graphics Mode Select" bios setting from 1MB to 8MB solved the problem for me. -- i810 Xv crashes after suspend -> infinite resprawn https://launchpad.net/bugs/28326 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
