Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Version: 2:2.99.917+git20160127-1+b1
Severity: important
I was using Debian jessie which was working fine. Then I upgraded to
stretch and my X sessions started crashing. Without debugging too
much, I then upgraded to sid in the hope that the X libraries/drivers
would magically fix the problem. Still broken. So then I did some
investigation.
The behavior I observed on stretch and sid is that once I open a
GUI-intensive Java application (in my case Burp Proxy) a little bit of
clicking around and using scroll bars causes X to crash. I am unable
to restart xdm after this, so I believe the video card gets stuck in a
broken state.
Upon reading a bit on the intel(4) man page, I saw the AccelMethod
options, so I added this to my xorg.conf:
Option "AccelMethod""UXA"
The Xorg.0.log file indicates that UXA is indeed being used now, and
so far I haven't had another crash. So it appears SNA is the culprit.
The Xorg.0.log file you see below is from *after* I made this change.
I will also attach the Xorg.0.log.old file, which shows what happens
when SNA is enabled (note the crash at the end of the file).
cheers,
tim
-- Package-specific info:
X server symlink status:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 31 2014 /etc/X11/X -> /usr/bin/Xorg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 274 Feb 9 03:12 /usr/bin/Xorg
VGA-compatible devices on PCI bus:
--
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT
Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 0b)
Xorg X server configuration file status:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4955 Feb 17 10:12 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
---
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "built-ins"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdevClass" # required
MatchIsTouchpad "yes" # required
Driver "evdev" # required
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpadClass" # required
MatchIsTouchpad "yes" # required
Driver "synaptics" # required
Option "MinSpeed" "0.5"
Option "MaxSpeed" "1.0"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.075"
Option "TapButton1""1"
Option "TapButton2""2" # multitouch
Option "TapButton3""3" # multitouch
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1" # multitouch
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1" # multitouch
Option "VertEdgeScroll""1"
Option "CoastingSpeed" "8"
Option "CornerCoasting""1"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "7"
Option "EdgeMotionUseAlways" "1"
Option "LBCornerButton""8" # browser "back" btn
Option "RBCornerButton""9" # browser "forward" btn
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Kingsis Peripherals Evoluent VerticalMouse 2"
#0x Product 0x3061
Driver "evdev" # required
MatchUSBID ":3061"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Buttons" "9"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 9 2 4 5 3 3 3 3"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "GrabDevice" "True"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "evdev"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
#Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Device"
"/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-1-event-mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName"Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Dev
