[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1710051] Re: xorg crash/freeze when Chrome uses WebGL, caused by: GPU HANG: ... chrome ... reason: Hang on render ring, action: reset

For the help of other users, I just want to mention that in Ubuntu 17.04, I ended up switching back to stable xorg and *removing* xserver- xorg-video-intel, as suggested in some online documentation, in order to force the modesetting driver to run. I'd see modesetting and glamoregl modules loading

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1710051] Re: xorg crash/freeze when Chrome uses WebGL, caused by: GPU HANG: ... chrome ... reason: Hang on render ring, action: reset

@chipaca Thanks for the suggestion. Interesting. I see a reddit thread about this here: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/4cojj9/it_is_probably_time_to_ditch_xf86videointel/ I might try that suggestion again. Reading the Intel Graphics wiki page from Arch Linux has the following

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1710051] Re: xorg crash/freeze when Chrome uses WebGL, caused by: GPU HANG: ... chrome ... reason: Hang on render ring, action: reset

Also, a couple of days later, I experienced another full system hang. I was using GPU-accelerated Chrome at the time, but it was when a new page was loading. So, the newer PPA may not have totally corrected this issue, perhaps it just moved it around somehow. -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1710051] [NEW] xorg crash/freeze when Chrome uses WebGL, caused by: GPU HANG: ... chrome ... reason: Hang on render ring, action: reset

Public bug reported: I am running a Lenovo X1C 4th Generation on Ubuntu 17.04. With the stock xserver-xorg-video-intel, I am able to reliably reproduce a complete Xorg hang -- that occasionally results in a full system hang, requiring reboot -- simply by opening a 360 photograph (using WebGL