** Description changed: - there is a bug that causes some laptop models to crash while rendering 3d application like blender FlightGear tremulous and so on. - you can recognize you are suffering from this issue by looking at your xorg.0.log.old if you see the line: + On some Intel GM965 machines, running OpenGL applications (eg. Blender, + Second Life, the Endgame screensaver, Scorched3D) can crash the system. + + Symptoms: Colours go funny, then screen flashes between off and black with 'please wait' cursor about 10 times, then stops; does not respond to Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, but does reboot on Alt+SysRq+b. Logs the line Error in I830WaitLpRing(), timeout for 2 seconds - this is the bug in question. - this bug has been reported upstream and you can fallow the link to xorg bugzilla but as of 29.12.07 no developer managed to reproduce this bug so it will be very hard to fix unless that changes + in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old + + (Please note that this is not the only X crash bug; if you cannot find + an exact match for your symptoms then please file a new bug.) + + Workaround: Adding + Option "DRI" "false" + to the graphics controller Device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf avoids this bug, but may drastically reduce performance. + + This bug has been reported upstream and you can follow the link to xorg bugzilla, but as of 29.12.07 no developer managed to reproduce this bug (how to trigger it seems to be hardware dependent, with some i965s not appearing to have it at all) so it will be very hard to fix unless that changes if you are suffering from this bug please go to xorg bugzilla and report your hardware specifics. also please edit this bug description and add the name and exact model of your affected laptop. list of affected laptops: Acer Travelmate 6292 Dell Latitude D630 Asus S62E Santa Rosa 965 dell D830 Dell 630 HP Compaq 6710b Thinkpad T61 Dell XPS M1330 Thinkpad X61s Apple Macbook (3,1/Santa Rosa) - also if you have one of this laptops and are not effected please tell + also if you have one of these laptops and are not affected please tell us!
-- intel gm965 freezes with 3d applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120834 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
