[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2011-02-03 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 Title: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2011-01-25 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel Importance: Medium = Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 Title: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-11 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
In relation to normal Ubuntu releases, is it expected that 10.04 LTS final will ship with this kernel, or some other (newer?) kernel that includes these fixes? There will be more fixes, but at this time only fixes that are well tested and are confirmed to fix bugs that affect Ubuntu users get

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-10 Thread KeithM
Ok, I think the 2.6.32-19.28 kernel fixes the problem. I've run three or four days, and no crashes. Everything looks much better. You can close out the bug as appropriate. I'll post a comment on the upstream intel bug tracker too. In relation to normal Ubuntu releases, is it expected that

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-07 Thread KeithM
It may be a little early to do the Dance of Joy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPg5LjGYz8) but everything seems to be ok. While I've had longer series of uptime w/o a crash, nothing seems to escape the GLBLUR screensaver tests. Let me beat on it some more, and I'll post in a day or two.

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-06 Thread KeithM
test in progress with 2.6.32-19.28. -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-05 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
This bug has the same type of hung batchbuffer as bug 535640 (and its many duplicates). That one was recently fixed in linux kernel version 2.6.32-19.28. KeithM, do you still get the freezes with this kernel? -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-05 Thread Chris Halse Rogers
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Incomplete -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-03 Thread Richard
I'm on a dual boot system that is mostly for Windows 7 use, with Ubuntu just for emergencies, so I can't leave it over on Ubuntu 9.04. When I said it was usable - the display refresh is horribly slow, so you can see the screen repainting, but it's still possible to use it, just not so pleasant.

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-02 Thread madbiologist
The final version of the xf86-video-intel 2.11.0 driver has been released, although it may not help if you were still getting crashes when using the xorg-edgers PPA described in comment 49. xf86-video- intel 2.11.0 contains new features, performance improvements and bug fixes. See

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-01 Thread KeithM
With the 10.04 release coming this month, is there any hope in sight that this will be fixed? I'm also watching the xorg bug site, and I don't know if a solution to the bug has even been identified yet, let alone scheduled to be fixed. Thanks Keith -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-01 Thread Richard
Has anyone had this problem on 9.04? Just asking because I have the same CPU and motherboard as KeithM, and found that 9.10 froze within minutes of booting live CD. However, 9.04 is fine so far, have been using it for a bit with no problems, and I can't see any mention of Jaunty on this page.

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-04-01 Thread KeithM
Richard, I've tried just about every version, including 9.04. I've been able to reproduce in 9.04, 100% of the time. Do me a favor. Can you go into the screensaver, pick GLBLUR as your screensaver, then just pick preview and let the screensaver run. You'll get a hang definitely within a day.

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-18 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Tags added: karmic -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-17 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
KeithM, I came to think about one thing. We carry a not-bleeding-edge xserver-xorg-video-intel (2.9.1) since that gives us possibility for UMS fallback for people who have problems on their hardware and has been very stable. It may be possible that a newer driver will be able to not keep resetting

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-16 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
Thank you for the latest files. I have filed a bug upstream at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27115. Please register at bugs.freedesktop.org and subscribe to that bug report by adding yourself to the CC field. The intel developers may have additional questions for you there. I

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-16 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27115 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance:

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-16 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel Status: Unknown = Confirmed -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-16 Thread KeithM
Registered at bugs.freedesktop.org. Added to CC field. Thanks for your help. Keith -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-15 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
KeithM, there is no reason to stay with the red PPA anymore, since the updates from there now has made it into the standard Lucid kernel 2.6.32-16. I think we have tried the different options that we have here and need to take this upstream. In order to give them the most up-to- date information

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-15 Thread KeithM
Thanks Geir. I'm now on the specified kernel, running with the desired options. Just have to wait for a crash now. :) Here's some detailed instructions: Use this command to delete the 9238492 crash files that were generated from the last crash that you don't need: sudo bash find . -name

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-15 Thread KeithM
Ok crash happened. Attaching i915_error_state, Xorg.0.log, and output of dmesg. ** Attachment added: clarkdale_bug_logs.tar.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40971814/clarkdale_bug_logs.tar.gz -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-14 Thread KeithM
Ok, definitely still crashing. Crashed again just now. Any updates or anything else to try? Thanks -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-14 Thread KeithM
Mar 14 20:02:22 antec kernel: [838913.849243] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung Mar 14 20:02:22 antec kernel: [838913.849250] render error detected, EIR: 0x Mar 14 20:02:22 antec kernel: [838913.849273] [drm:i915_do_wait_request] *ERROR*

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-10 Thread KeithM
Despite the initial crash, the box has been stable for about 5 days. No more entries in /var/crash. I'm still keeping an eye on it. -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-06 Thread Fish
Did a bit of testing on the arrandale (i5-xxxM) chipsets. The red PPA seems to work after a cold boot, but not any time afterwards. -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-06 Thread Fish
Did a bit of testing on the arrandale (i5-xxxM) chipsets. The red PPA seems to work after a cold boot, but not any time afterwards. ** Attachment added: Red PPA kernel Xorg log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40331493/Xorg.0.log.old -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10,

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-06 Thread Fish
Hmm, wrong log file. Will repost with right log file. -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-06 Thread Fish
** Attachment added: Real Red PPA Xorg log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40331646/Xorg.0.log -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-06 Thread Fish
Crash could not be reproduced; VT switching/X restart is still needed to get graphics working. -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-05 Thread KeithM
Ok. Confirmed problem still exists in 10.04 alpha3. Locks up immediately on screensaver activation. GLBLUR seems to be the king on reproducing this. Trying out the red PPA. No problems in ~24 hours. -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-05 Thread KeithM
still crashing with red ppa. This crash was different, I think X restarted. I can't be sure. All I know is that I was facing a login screen and /var/log/messages don't show a reboot. The app-collect-error-script.py or whatever its called crashed again. Bad when the script that is supposed to

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-05 Thread Vikram Dhillon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/2010 06:26 PM, KeithM wrote: Ok. Confirmed problem still exists in 10.04 alpha3. Locks up immediately on screensaver activation. GLBLUR seems to be the king on reproducing this. Trying out the red PPA. No problems in ~24 hours.

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-04 Thread melroch
Re: Stable i3 support. So the optimistic estimate is 10.4 and the conservative estimate is 10.10? I hope I won't have to have it stand in a box/run only the preinstalled OS (for which I have rather limited need!) for over a year! -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10,

Re: [Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-04 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
So the optimistic estimate is 10.4 and the conservative estimate is 10.10? No, the realistic estimate is 10.04 and the pessimistic estimate is 10.04 updates. This is _my_ estimate. Others may have other estimates. You won't find any official statement in a bug report, and I don't know where/if

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-04 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automatic notification.] Thanks for reporting this bug to help making the Intel graphics driver better. We hear from upstream that a number of bugs (possibly including this one) have been fixed in the newer DRM code from the 2.6.33 kernel. I don't know if your bug is one of the ones

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-03 Thread KeithM
Looks like I spoke to soon. Fedora 12 is having similar problems too. @madbiologist: Does the driver you are speaking of need compiled first, in order to be installed? xf86-video-intel 2.11.0 RC1 (v2.10.901) -- found the links, but it appears to be just source? Briefly tried compiling, didn't

Re: [Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-03 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:57 PM, melroch wrote: As an ordinary user who has been offered a desktop with a Core i3 2.93 GHz with integrated graphics (don't know which subtype but can ask), may I ask how long I will reasonably have to wait until a regular release supports that processor? TIA We

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-03 Thread melroch
As an ordinary user who has been offered a desktop with a Core i3 2.93 GHz with integrated graphics (don't know which subtype but can ask), may I ask how long I will reasonably have to wait until a regular release supports that processor? TIA -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in

[Bug 516909] Re: [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-03-02 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Summary changed: - [clarkdale] [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics + [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics -- [clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-28 Thread madbiologist
Sorry to hear you are still having problems with the final 2.6.33 kernel. After the significant improvement/s gained with the 2.6.33-rc's I was hoping the final kernel (in combination with a newer libdrm2) would fix the remaining problems. You must be getting frustrated. There is a new hope.

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-28 Thread KeithM
madbiologist said You must be getting frustrated. Yeah, that's actually an understatement. The bottom line is that I can't keep my hardware here idle all day, doing nothing, besides doing stability tests. I've got a brand new machine I've built which is essentially unusable. It's my fault

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-27 Thread KeithM
Thanks for the post. Did you have clarkdale or arrandale? Keith -- [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-27 Thread KeithM
I tried an apport-collect tonight, but it errored out (some index out of range error). Don't have time to file a bug for that too. I've attached the .crash file. There are ~8200 of these generated in ~5 hours, like 2-3 per second. I updated xorg according to Brendon's post and there must have

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-27 Thread KeithM
Oh and note I'm on 2.6.33 final now with continuing problems. -- [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-26 Thread Brendon Crawford
I would like to mention that following these instructions has completely fixed this issue for me: http://www.linwik.com/wiki/using+the+intel+arrandale+intel+graphics+media+accelerator+hd+with+ubuntu+9.10 -- [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-25 Thread Bryce Harrington
Hi keithvz, Thanks for including the attached files. Could you also include your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (or Xorg.0.log.old) from after reproducing the issue? Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` too. [This is an automated message. Apologies if it has reached you inappropriately; please

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-25 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
You can ignore the previous message. Since you included all in one file, the script didn't find Xorg.0.log. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed ** Tags removed: needs-xorglog -- [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-24 Thread Vikram Dhillon
Alright thanks for testing and reporting back, changing status to new. ** Tags added: lucid ** Tags removed: 9.10 ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-23 Thread KeithM
Apport did not trigger or generate a bug report as far as I can tell. Nothing related in /var/crash. Nothing in /var/log/messages. Should I be looking elsewhere? I'll try the final 2.6.33 whenever it is released. Thanks Keith -- [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10,

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-22 Thread KeithM
Vikram, This problem definitely exists in Lucid Lynx 10.04 Alpha2, desktop amd64 bit version, that I downloaded and tested on 2/9/10. C:\Users\\Downloadsc:\md5sum lucid-desktop-amd64.iso 64c577165a31e761a261a2d5efa53ff8 *lucid-desktop-amd64.iso 64c577165a31e761a261a2d5efa53ff8

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-22 Thread madbiologist
Sounds like it's time to get busy backporting. Three different backporting options are currently being discussed on the ubuntu-x mailing list. I hope it is not left to users to fix this by installing a LBM (the third option being discussed), although the idea at

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-22 Thread madbiologist
I've also read a report which quoted sources at Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers (sounds dodgy, I know) as stating that Clarkdale is forecast to reach 20% of Intel's sales during this quarter. If this is true it's definitely something we want to support in an LTS release, preferably sooner

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-22 Thread KeithM
Since I upgraded to 10.04 with the 2.6.33rc7 kernel, I've seen zero problems until today. (about 12 days) My machine locked up again with X crashing. It had crashed while one of the screensavers were running. This sounds similar to Phoronix's experience where they said things were better, but

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-22 Thread KeithM
FWIW, the screensaver it was on when it crashed was GLBLUR -- [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-22 Thread madbiologist
The GL in GLBLUR sounds like OpenGL. You probably already know that OpenGL is the 3D graphics acceleration system in Linux. Using this will stress the graphics stack (kernel+Mesa3D+driver) more than ordinary desktop work, and may possibly expose some remaining bugs and/or limitations. My guess

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-20 Thread Vikram Dhillon
This issue was reported against karmic, so can you confirm if this issue exists with the most recent Lucid Lynx 10.04 Alpha release? ISO CD images are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/ . Thanks in advance. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New =

Re: [Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-10 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
I made an educated guess on which kernel to use, since the link Geir provided was full of directories. (note: not blaming here, I'm the ignorant one)  I selected the latest RC for 2.6.33, the v2.6.33-rc7/ directory from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=M;O=D Sorry, I usually

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-09 Thread KeithM
Ok, so I loaded Lucid, and then upgraded the kernel to http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.33-rc7/linux- image-2.6.33-020633rc7-generic_2.6.33-020633rc7_amd64.deb a couple points for the uninitiated like me: 1. Lucid seemed to require a cold reset to boot properly after

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-08 Thread KeithM
just an fyi -- i fully intend on doing extra testing to provide more info, however mother nature dumped 2+ ft of the white stuff (plus more coming) taking my power and heat with it. It might be another week until I can do this. Thanks. -- [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10,

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-07 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
This seems like a GPU hang. There is more information about how to get the information we need (especially a batchbuffer dump) for this kind of bug at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/Freeze . In order to do anything about it we need to get it tested on Lucid, and since this is a very new

[Bug 516909] Re: [Clarkdale] entire desktop environment locks up in 9.10, i3-530 proc, built-in graphics

2010-02-07 Thread madbiologist
Thanks to KeithM for pointing out the Phoronix article. They seem to have changed their tune slightly in paragraph 2 on page 1 of the article at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=articleitem=intel_clarkdale_gpunum=1 From my reading of several articles it does seem that the 2.6.33 kernel and