[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-09-17 Thread Brian Rogers
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541492 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541492 This appears to be the same problem as bug 541492. It's just that most people weren't hitting the bug with any degree of frequency until Lucid. Duping. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 541492

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-07-27 Thread Gitty K
is there any news whether version 10.04.1, that will be released in a couple of weeks, will have this problem solved? -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-07-07 Thread Lorenzo De Liso
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Assignee: Lorenzo De Liso (blackz) = (unassigned) -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-05-23 Thread Mark Ellse
I, too, would be grateful for simple instructions as to how to get the latest test releases for Lucid. In Lucid I find that I cannot add https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/graphics-testing to sources. When I try to do that via the gui, it asks for 'the complete APT line' including the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-05-23 Thread Brian Rogers
That's the information page for the PPA. You'll find instructions for adding it there. But my 'experimental' PPA with a patched kernel is a better option: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/experimental To add it, add this to your sources: ppa:brian-rogers/experimental Then after

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-23 Thread Gitty K
Being an Ubuntu newbie, I'm afraid that the discussion has gotten a bit too technical for me recently and has lost me somewhere on the way. I understand an official fix for this won't be available for some time. The ppa, however, has served me quite well on my Dell Inspiron 1100 with Karmic.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-18 Thread Patrick Craenen
I'm experiencing the same problem with both Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 beta 2 My hardware is a MSI mainboard MS-7536 with an Intel 945G/GZ Integrated Graphics chip. The screen freezes after a short while, sometimes even before the desktop is loaded... Mouse pointer was every time unmovable/unusable.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-18 Thread shadetree
Thanks everyone for all the testing but after about a year working on Karmic and a few months of Lucid with the same issues I am giving up and removing Ubuntu on these machines. Again thanks for all the help and suggestions, shadetree -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-18 Thread Mark Ellse
For information, here is something useful, frustrating, but also encouraging on the Ubuntu discussions list about this bug. it's importance (is) high, has had an upstream developer participating, and an awesome member of the x-swat team providing PPA testing packages. The fact that it remains

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-18 Thread Patrick Craenen
First of all a big thanks to all the people working on this problem! My system is using an i945 gfx chip and also freezing. Is this related to the same bug? Because the i945 chip was not mentioned in your reply... Thanks -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-18 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
My system is using an i945 gfx chip and also freezing. Is this related to the same bug? No. The bugs on i845 and i855 are not the same either, since the fix that is taking shape upstream for i855 does not work for i845. It is very rare that the same bug affects different chipsets. -- [i845g]

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-18 Thread Patrick Craenen
No. The bugs on i845 and i855 are not the same either, since the fix that is taking shape upstream for i855 does not work for i845. It is very rare that the same bug affects different chipsets. Thanks I found another bug rapport (#450853) related to gfx freezing on i945. -- [i845g]

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-02 Thread John E.
That experimental kernel (2.6.34-rc3-51.1~karmic) didn't do it for me: my i855 froze up during login. I was running it with the following packages: libdrm 1:2.4.11-2+karmic3 mesa 1:7.4.1ubuntu6+karmic xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.2~gomyhr1~clipsolids~karmic My GPU: Intel

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-02 Thread Brian Rogers
I recommend trying the experimental kernel with xorg-edgers. Or if not that, the standard packages. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-01 Thread pedro m.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-01 Thread Brian Rogers
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Confirmed -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-01 Thread Flabdablet
Having trouble getting the box to boot at all with Lucid + xorg-edgers, as xserver-xorg-video-intel requires mode switching enabled in the kernel but leaving nomodeset=1 off the options line makes the machine boot into a video mode that its monitor doesn't support (probably related to bug 522488).

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-01 Thread Brian Rogers
I have a kernel for people to try in my experimental PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/experimental It contains the gtt chipset flush v7 patch from http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27187 on top of linux 2.6.34-rc3. This patch has managed to stabilize the system for some

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-29 Thread Flabdablet
Same old freeze while using remote desktop viewer. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-29 Thread Flabdablet
Brian: after the last freeze, I accidentally rebooted into your patched kernel (2.6.31-50-generic) and ran it for a while with the same packages as in comment #200, and it also froze while I was using remote desktop viewer. So it looks like even that kernel's horrible GUI sloth doesn't actually

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-29 Thread Brian Rogers
Flabdablet, can you try Lucid + xorg-edgers? The upstream driver has additional bugfixes that may be relevant. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-28 Thread Flabdablet
$ pkgs='libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg' $ dpkg --status $pkgs | grep Version | uniq uname -rv Version: 2.4.14-1ubuntu1 Version: 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.2~gomyhr1~clipsolids~karmic

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-27 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
I have uploaded xserver-xorg-video-intel with the backported fix for both Karmic and Lucid to my standard PPA: https://launchpad.net/~gomyhr/+archive/standard/ . If I didn't make any mistake in the backporting or building, there should be no additional problems with this ones compared to the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-26 Thread Brian Rogers
OK, at this point, I recommend the xorg-edgers PPA for testing. It now has the newest xserver-xorg-video-intel driver, as well as libdrm and Xorg. Updating just the first part may have caused some stability issues. Does xorg-edgers experience the freezing issue? -- [i845g] Karmic stops

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-26 Thread Brian Rogers
Oh, here is the link: https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-25 Thread Brian Rogers
There are potential fixes for this in the upstream development version. I uploaded it for Lucid to the following PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/experimental I can't simply upload this version for Karmic because it requires new versions of support libraries, but I can backport

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-21 Thread Mark Ellse
Been out of testing for a while - busy and gave up testing with Lucid alpha 3 even more unstable than Lucid 2. Now testing with Lucid beta 1 - stable long enough to do updates via gui. Have installed Lucid, updated and added ppa:brian-rogers/graphics- testing to sources, using gui. When I update

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-21 Thread shadetree
Hello Mark, I understand the many posts.I have been on Brian-rogers /graphics-testing ppa karmic, with descent reliability. Are you using his lucid or karmic compiled ppa? -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-21 Thread Mark Ellse
Sorry, don't quite understand the question. (I'm not very techie!) I am using karmic beta testing and have added brian-rogers/graphics-testing to the sources. Cheers -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-21 Thread shadetree
OK, Brian's PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/graphics- testing, has a driver just for lucid. You will need to choose and sub to that PPA. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-20 Thread Flabdablet
Now using Karmic with Jaunty's kernel. $ pkgs='libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg'; dpkg --status $pkgs | grep Version | uniq uname -rv Version: 1:2.4.11-2+karmic3 Version:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-20 Thread Flabdablet
It died, but not exactly the same way: this time, there was a sudden burst of disk activity during which everything went black, then no response to mouse or keyboard. I've attached Xorg.0.log retrieved via ssh before I rebooted; looks like X has crashed and then failed on restart. ** Attachment

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-17 Thread Flabdablet
20 hours freeze free - I'm prepared to call it stable. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-17 Thread Brian Rogers
Can you try Jaunty's kernel on Karmic and Karmic's kernel on Jaunty, to see if the difference in stability is due to the kernel versions? -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-16 Thread Flabdablet
OK, here I am back in Karmic, and just making sure we're all using the same stuff: $ pkgs='libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg'; sudo apt-get install $pkgs /dev/null dpkg

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-16 Thread Flabdablet
Karmic froze. Now testing Jaunty. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-13 Thread Flabdablet
$ dpkg --status libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg | grep Version | uniqow...@owner-desktop:~$ dpkg --status libdrm-dev libdlibdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-13 Thread Brian Rogers
That's interesting because those are essentially the same versions that were unstable for you in Karmic. Can you attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log for both Karmic and Jaunty running graphics-testing? -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-11 Thread crazybyte
@shadetree Thanks! It seems that using Brian's PPA solves the issue in my case. Until now I didn't got a freeze and I'm using modeset and fully working X (without vesa driver). -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-11 Thread crazybyte
It lloks that the packages from Brian's PPA repository finally solved the freezing issue for me. I'm using modeset and X (without graphical effects) and the machine is running since morning and didn't freeze at all. @Brian Rogers Thank you for your amazing work and effort in solving this issue.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-10 Thread crazybyte
I have a similar issue. After a while X freezes up and nothing works on the graphics part, but behind for instance I can log in into the machine using OpenSSH. I tried disabling the DRM with nomodeset but still the drm, i915 modules are loaded into the kernel (I tried to blacklist them also) and

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-10 Thread Brian Rogers
Flabdablet, any console switching issues are most likely separate bugs that have already been fixed in newer versions. Only random freezing during general use is important. Do you see that with my current Jaunty PPA packages? crazybyte, the best workaround is probably using nomodeset and setting

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-10 Thread crazybyte
Somewhat works if I disable modeset (nomodeset) and use vesa, but it's at the limit of usability, if I try to switch between text mode console and X the graphic screen freezes up and only the text console works (if I switch back). Also because I'm using VESA the screen resolutions are much much

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-10 Thread John E.
crazybyte: you might try Geir Ove Myhr's kernel #599; see Comment #59 at bug 447892https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/447892/. It's stable for me on an Intel 855; incl. compiz, dual-head, kms, etc.; might work for you too. It's frozen in time, of course; I'm

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-10 Thread crazybyte
Thanks! I will try that. Is this issue present in Lucid? Would upgrading to Lucid solve this issue? Thank you! -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-10 Thread shadetree
crazybyte, did you use Brian's PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian- rogers/+archive/graphics-testing ? This version is working on two of my PC's -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-10 Thread Flabdablet
I haven't yet seen the familiar freeze, but I've also not really had the opportunity to work with that box for very long at a stretch, so I'm not prepared to swear it's stable yet. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-07 Thread Flabdablet
$ dpkg --status libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg | grep Version | uniq Version: 2.4.11-0jaunty2 Version: 2:2.7.0-jaunty2 $ uname -rv 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-07 Thread Flabdablet
Now trying your new libdrm with the old driver: $ dv=2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9; sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel=$dv xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg=$dv $ dpkg --status libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-intel1-dbg libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1-dbg libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg xserver-xorg-video-intel

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-07 Thread Flabdablet
Just to clarify: I've had text console switching misbehaviour both times I've tried driver version 2:2.7.0-jaunty1. It's not a complete X freeze: the keyboard stays responsive, I can see the monitor turning its backlight off and on as I attempt to switch screens, and the monitor's OSD reports

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-05 Thread Joatmon
Configuration: emachines T3624 [VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)]. Kernel 2.6.31-20-generic Status update: Put testing aside for a time pursuant to a stable platform via the following work-arounds: 1) Created

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-03 Thread Flabdablet
$ echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/brian-rogers/graphics-testing/ubuntu jaunty main | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brian-rogers.list $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 311bdf2d $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-03 Thread Brian Rogers
OK, I have libdrm 2.4.11 for Jaunty and a rebuild of the Intel driver queued up. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-03 Thread shadetree
Wow, that was a mess. Sticking with your graphics testing PPA. 12:2.7.0, 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03), libdrm2: 1:2.4.11-2+karmic3, mesa 1:7.4.1-1ubuntu6+karmic, Linux 2.6.31-19-generic. No issues,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-03 Thread Brian Rogers
I think the 2.6.32-50 kernel I uploaded for Lucid might perform better. If you want to try it in Karmic, you can get it directly here: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/graphics-fixes/+build/1534570/+files/linux-image-2.6.32-50-generic_2.6.32-50.22_i386.deb -- [i845g] Karmic stops

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-03 Thread Joatmon
Test Configuration: emachines T3624 [VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)]. xserver-xorg-video-intel: 12:2.7.0, libdrm2: 1:2.4.11-2+karmic3, libgl1-mesa-glx: 1:7.4.1-1ubuntu6+karmic, kernel: 2.6.31-19-generic Test

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread Brian Rogers
I could lower the delay, but if it froze we wouldn't know if that was because a delay doesn't fix the problem or because the delay was too short. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread Flabdablet
12:2.7.0 and friends listed above just froze while looking at a Flash- based web site, so I guess we're still looking at a driver issue, not a mesa or libdrm2 one. I don't have a Jaunty installer disc or any blanks here, but will burn one before coming to work tomorrow if you think running an

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread Flabdablet
In the meantime, I will grit my teeth, knees and elbows and persist with testing linux-image-2.6.31-50-generic with a ppa-purged Karmic. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread John E.
Hello, My experience with the graphics-fixes PPA was similar to flabdablet's -- unusably slow. In the 10 or so minutes it took to login and start a browser, I got no actual freezes; just 30-to-60-second response delays for each mouse click. With everything running at 1/100th usual speed, it

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Summary changed: - [i845] [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in + [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread Flabdablet
Couldn't bear working with linux-image-2.6.31-50-generic any longer. Now running a fresh Jaunty installation. Will report any freezes. If there's somebody else whose freeze experience matches mine wrt driver versions in use, it would be good to put your hand up, as I won't have access to these

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-02 Thread Brian Rogers
I'm preparing post-Jaunty versions of libdrm and the intel driver, so we can step forward and find the first broken version, hopefully with fewer problems than running these old versions in Karmic. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
After noticing in Xorg.0.log that 2.8.0 used UXA by default while 2.7.0 was picking EXA, I added Option AccelMethod UXA to the Device section in xorg.conf and reinstalled 2.7.0. This has fixed the early freeze reported in comment #138. I will be working with this box for the next couple of

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
2.7.0 just froze in the usual way, while scrolling a remote VNC window with vinaigre. I hadn't added your ppa to my sources.list.d; I've just been downloading and dpkg --installing xserver-xorg-video-intel .debs. So I've just done sudo apt-get update sudo dpkg --force-depends --remove

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
OK, assuming may impair performance in certain specific scenarios means the same thing as makes the entire desktop experience unresponsive enough to be intolerable except for debugging purposes it appears that your patched kernel is working as intended :-) Will report freezes if any occur. --

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Brian Rogers
If you never added my PPA, does that mean you never downgraded libdrm or mesa? That might be a factor in being able to reproduce the freeze in such old xserver-xorg-video-intel versions. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Brian Rogers
OK, I see where you specify libdrm 2.4.14-1ubuntu1. You could be getting freezes because of a libdrm bug in the newer version. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Joatmon
Test Configuration: linux-image-2.6.31-50-generic, emachines T3624 [VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)]. Test Scenario: Applications Games Robots. Test Results: Very slow! Blank screen w/ moving mouse cursor after

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
OK, I'll test that idea. There did seem to be a stability improvement going from the stock xserver-xorg-video-intel to your 7:2.8.99.901-5-g57fc09c version, so I'll start again with that and the libdrm2 and mesa stuff from your ppa: $ echo deb

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
Got the usual freeze while scrolling a Firefox tab. Now testing: kernel: 2.6.31-19-generic libgl1-mesa-dri, libgl1-mesa-glx, libglu1-mesa, libosmesa6, mesa-utils: 1:7.4.1-1ubuntu6+karmic libdrm2: 1:2.4.11-2+karmic3 xserver-xorg-video-intel: 12:2.7.0 What are the chances of a workaround kernel

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-27 Thread Brian Rogers
I have a kernel patch for people to try. It works around the x11perf freeze, and I'm curious if it prevents random freezing as well. Kernels with this patch, for both Karmic and Lucid, are available in a separate PPA of mine, graphics-fixes:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Brian Rogers
Yeah, that's definitely a GPU hang. 2.7.0 has been uploaded and should build eventually. If you have problems getting this version to run at all, you may have to boot with i915.modeset=0 in your kernel parameters. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Flabdablet
These boxes are all booting with nomodeset=1 kernel parameters and 1024x768 forced in xorg.conf anyway, per bug 522488. 12:2.7.0 is a doozy! Freezes in the customary fashion before even making it to the desktop (these boxes are all set to auto-login) on four tries out of five so far, 15 seconds

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread shadetree
Interesting...if you are not able to even get to X at boot, sounds like dram lost. You could try changing your settings in your BIOS video size up to 8mb if lower, and remove boot splash to give some dram back to start X;-) -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Brian Rogers
We've gone back so far now that we've nearly gone back to the Jaunty version. When you get back to this testing, you may want to do a Jaunty install and see if that suffers from the bug. If it doesn't, we have our good version and it might be easier to step forward from there with newer versions

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Adam
Hmmm... hasn't this been broken ever since the Karmic release (going on 4 months)? If I go out and buy a new video card, will that fix my problem (now)? Suggestions for someone who can't borrow their mothers's computer for weeks on end to play around with different driver versions? I hate to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Brian Rogers
Yeah, a new video card will bypass the problem, since you won't be using the i845. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread shadetree
I do hope we continue to test this driver issue. I too have a Dell 2400 with this onboard chipset driver and have temporary remove the Radeon 9250 PCI card to help with testing. My Dell 1100 Inspiron note book with a Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Tal Amir
Before having seen this bug report, I filed a new bug report here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/527149 I believe the two bugs are the same bug (except for the video playback problem, which wasn't mentioned here). I hope that report will give you helpful information. Thanks to everyone

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Joatmon
I too am experiencing this problem. I have several computers with the old Intel chipsets. I've attempted several work-arounds suggested in the forums. I registered/subscribed today to help in any way I could. As shadetree stated in comment #47 There are thousands and thousands of these older

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Brian Rogers
Based on the reports from Flabdablet, I have backed up a bit to a build between 2.8.0-8-g12c5aec and 2.8.0-47-ge903b3e. 2.8.0-27-g926c7e7 is now uploaded. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
After more than 24 hours of stable running on this box, 7:2.8.0-8-g12c5aec froze while attempting to use gdebi to install 7:2.8.0-27-g926c7e7. It also froze once while attempting to launch gedit on another identical box (I'm trying to set up a batch of elderly school computers for cost-recovery

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Brian Rogers
The system deletes old packages after a while, so that one isn't available any more. But now I sent in a build of 2.8.0, which will get built when it works its way through the queue. You've been having a lot of luck reproducing the hang, which is good, but I want to double-check that you're

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
Mouse cursor moves, but clicks are ignored and keyboard is locked up (caps/num lock produce no change in status LEDs, ctrl-alt-Fn doesn't work). Disk activity continues. If a freeze is going to happen, it will most often be right when an app is in the process of opening a new window. I'm using

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread shadetree
Hi Flabdablet, Just curious, does your desktop clock change time (update) during your freeze? -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
I've just installed 11:2.8.0, and if it freezes I will watch the desktop clock for a minute and let you know. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
I now have two of these boxes on the same bench, both with 11:2.8.0 installed. The one I'm using to try to get today's work done is running sshd, and the other one is running top on it via ssh. I have pressed Murphy's Law into service to help these boxes freeze if they're going to freeze, by also

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-23 Thread Flabdablet
Thanks, Murphy. Love your work. 11:2.8.0 froze while using Firefox to compose a Gmail. As usual the mouse cursor remained movable (though stuck in the I-beam shape from the compose window, this time) but no response to clicks or keyboard. The desktop clock didn't update. The top listing on the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread Brian Rogers
2.8.99.901-16-g7e7db7a just got done building. If you could verify if that version also freezes, it'd be a good sanity check. I'm going to upload a version between 2.8.99.901-5-g57fc09c and 2.8.99.901-12-g2cc1f3c now, and it might take an hour or so to build. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread Flabdablet
2.8.99.901-5-g57fc09c just froze, right as gdebi was about to install 2.8.99.901-16-g7e7db7a :-( Rebooted, installing 2.8.99.901-16-g7e7db7a now. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread Flabdablet
2.8.99.901-16-g7e7db7a froze fairly quickly, as expected (playing Klondike, fwiw). Now trying 2.8.0-47-ge903b3e. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread Flabdablet
2.8.0-47-ge903b3e froze. Trying 2.8.0-8-g12c5aec. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread alwaysanewbie
Hooray! 8:2.8.99.901-8-g4758311+lucid worked on my newly upgraded intel machine. Thanx, Roger!! In some 20 hours of getting nowhere, for the first time, I could see the login window. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread Flabdablet
No freeze so far with 2.8.0-8-g12c5aec. Have to go now; will leave this machine running and check it again in ~12 hours. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread shadetree
This version is stable: 2.8.99.901-8-g4758311 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) libdrm2: 1:2.4.11-2+karmic3 Linux 2.6.31-19-generic -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-22 Thread alwaysanewbie
2.8.99.901-8-g4758311+lucid worked on my newly upgraded intel machine. Thanx, Roger!! Sorry, I meant Brian:) -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-21 Thread Flabdablet
Acer SK20 here. 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) kernel: Linux version 2.6.31-19-generic (bui...@palmer) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) ) #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 01:26:53 UTC 2010 (Ubuntu

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-19 Thread Mark Ellse
Have checked, and it is the Lucid version from your PPA. And it's still working fine with Intel 945GC. Cheers. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-19 Thread Adam J. Lincoln
No freezes with: libdrm2: 2.4.11-2+karmic3 xserver-xorg-video-intel: 2.8.99.901-5-g57fc09c kernel: 2.6.31-19-generic mesa: 7.4.1-1ubuntu6+karmic -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you

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