Drivers are unstable. It *seems* ffox is most reliable at triggering instability, but it's got to be something more fundamental, of course. I've got a crash dump (I think) to deliver to somebody (who?) once I review my system again. On Nov 9, 2014 5:55 PM, "William D. Jones" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Did you ever get the Firefox issue sorted out? I also have a ThinkPad and > have been considering upgrading from 6.1.5 to current to get Intel drivers > (and a screen resolution > 1024x768 :D). However, not being able to use a > web browser that can render at least YT videos would be a dealbreaker for > me for now. > > From: B Harder > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 12:00 AM > To: current-users > Subject: Re: intel i915 gfx > > > I worked with my laptop (sans Firefox) for a few hours later today and all > worked well. Notable about earlier crash: Firefox initial screen was > garbled. Maybe ffox had something to do with the earlier crash. I'll retry > tomorrow. > > On Nov 3, 2014 10:24 AM, "B Harder" <[email protected]> wrote: > Imagine my surprise and elation when I updated the kernel and got > high-performance, high-res gfx on my Thinkpad! It's been a long time > coming, and I'm thrilled. > > That said, running X (w/ dwm window manager) froze my laptop entirely > after a few minutes. I couldn't get into the kernel debugger to get > any clues about what had happened; it was locked up tight. > > If there's anything else I can to do increase logging or get > introspection, I'm happy to supply info, test builds etc. to get this > up-and-running stably. > > Cheers, > > -bch > > -- > William D. Jones > Rowan University | ECE | 2012 > Member IEEE > Member Tau Beta Pi > [email protected] > Message sent using 'Windows Live Mail' client. >
