Sam Morris wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel > Version: 2:2.3.1-1 > Severity: important > > On an amd64 system, the server crashes when I run google earth. > > The screen freezes, and then the screen goes black for a second. When it > comes back, some colours on the screen are different (like someone > picked a random colour in a painting program and then clicked on a few > random places using the Fill tool). > > It is possible to switch to tty1 and hit ctrl+alt+del to reboot, or even > log in blind and run some programs, all while the screen remains frozen. >
If X is actually crashing, there should be a backtrace at the end of /var/log/Xorg.0.log (or log.old if X already restarted since then). It would be even better if you catch a backtrace with gdb after installing xserver-xorg-core-dbg and libgl1-mesa-dri-dbg. Since your machine seems to be alive after the problem, logging through ssh and attaching gdb should be easy. > (WW) intel(0): ESR is 0x00000001 > (WW) intel(0): PRB0_CTL (0x0001f001) indicates ring buffer enabled > (WW) intel(0): PRB0_HEAD (0x468145b8) and PRB0_TAIL (0x00014710) indicate > ring buffer not flushed > (WW) intel(0): Existing errors found in hardware state. > Beware of this. Assuming this is th X log after a soft reboot after the crash, it may mean that the hardware didn't get properly cleaned, causing some possible problems later. A hard reboot after the crash may help. Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
