Frequent freezes, intel driver bug, searching workaround; tips welcome

ArchArael · 2009-05-07 15:35:17

Hi my fellow archers,

I have this really annoying problem: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/14594

The machine stays up for some hours and then freezes. Sometimes it freezes two/three times in an half of hour.

I mainly use arch as my desktop and workstation. I have much work to do and I cannot do it because my machine freezes too many times at day.

I never had such problems before and that's why I don't think it is an hardware problem. Actually, I am suspecting it is intel driver that freezes everything.

I tried using xf86-intel-video-legacy package but no luck. The problem occours anyway.

Have you some suggestion on how could I resolve this problem. It's important for me because I use arch for work...not only as desktop.

I was thinking to install Zenwalk temporary or some other distro but I don't like much the idea although this should be a temporary solution.

How could I resolve this problem?

Is downgrading doable at this point and how many packages could I have to recompile?

Thank you very much for any tip or suggestion.

Last edited by ArchArael (2009-05-07 16:14:15)

tjwoosta · 2009-05-07 17:02:30

Could you provide somethig usefull?

Like maybe your /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and your /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

Also the output of lspci so we can see what card you have.

I have the intel gm965 and i have never experienced any problems.

ArchArael · 2009-05-07 17:49:22

Sorry. I should have put that in the opening post.

here is my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "drm"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    #Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    #Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    #Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Dell
    ModelName    "DelLedMonitor"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"             # <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"           # <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "intel"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName   "Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option      "DRI"         "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        #Modes     "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        Modes     "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual        2048 2048
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Mode 0666
EndSection

here is lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)

Here is Xorg.0.log.

X.Org X Server 1.6.1
Release Date: 2009-4-14
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux infinity 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 29 14:25:30 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 15 April 2009  11:09:10AM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May  7 19:36:01 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "DontZap" "false"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(**) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1,
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1,
    built-ins
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(II) Loader magic: 0x1a40
(II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
    X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
    X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on linux
(++) using VT number 7

(--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller rev 12, Mem @ 0xf6e00000/1048576, 0xe0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000eff8/8
(--) PCI: (0@0:2:1) Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller rev 12, Mem @ 0xf6f00000/1048576
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) System resource ranges:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "xtrap"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module xtrap
(II) UnloadModule: "xtrap"
(EE) Failed to load module "xtrap" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module freetype
(II) UnloadModule: "freetype"
(EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.13.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "intel"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so
(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 2.6.3
    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
    i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
    E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ,
    965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
    Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset,
    Intel Integrated Graphics Device, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] 0    0    0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
    [5] 0    0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [6] 0    0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [7] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [8] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
    [9] 0    0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
    [10] 0    0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 0.1.0
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
(==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(**) intel(0): Option "DRI" "true"
(II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 965GM
(--) intel(0): Chipset: "965GM"
(--) intel(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE0000000
(--) intel(0): IO registers at addr 0xF6E00000
(WW) intel(0): libpciaccess reported 0 rom size, guessing 64kB
(==) intel(0): Using EXA for acceleration
(II) intel(0): 2 display pipes available.
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
(II) intel(0): Output VGA using monitor section Monitor0
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS has no monitor section
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "LVDSDDC_C" initialized.
(II) intel(0): Attempting to determine panel fixed mode.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "LVDSDDC_C:E-EDID segment register" registered at address 0x60.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "LVDSDDC_C:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966
(II) intel(0): found backlight control method /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOB" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOB:SDVO Controller B" registered at address 0x70.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOB DDC Bus" initialized.
(II) intel(0): Output TMDS-1 has no monitor section
(II) intel(0): SDVOB: device VID/DID: 04:AE.00, clock range 25.0MHz - 165.0MHz
(II) intel(0): SDVOB: 1 input channel
(II) intel(0): SDVOB: TMDS0 output reported
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC:SDVO Controller C" registered at address 0x72.
(II) intel(0): No SDVO device found on SDVOC
(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC:SDVO Controller C" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC" removed.
(II) intel(0): Current clock rate multiplier: 1
(II) intel(0): Resizable framebuffer: not available (1 3)
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" registered at address 0x60.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" removed.
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 531
(II) intel(0): Using EDID range info for horizontal sync
(II) intel(0): Using EDID range info for vertical refresh
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800  960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 531
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966
(II) intel(0): Output VGA connected
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS connected
(II) intel(0): Output TMDS-1 disconnected
(II) intel(0): Using user preference for initial modes
(II) intel(0): Output VGA using initial mode 1280x1024
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1280x800
(II) intel(0): detected 512 kB GTT.
(II) intel(0): detected 7676 kB stolen memory.
(==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
(==) intel(0): Will not try to enable page flipping
(==) intel(0): Triple buffering disabled
(==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) intel(0): Display dimensions: (450, 280) mm
(**) intel(0): DPI set to (115, 185)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "exa"
(II) LoadModule: "exa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libexa.so
(II) Module exa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 2.4.0
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) intel(0): Comparing regs from server start up to After PreInit
(WW) intel(0): Register 0x61200 (PP_STATUS) changed from 0xc0000008 to 0xd0000009
(WW) intel(0): PP_STATUS before: on, ready, sequencing idle
(WW) intel(0): PP_STATUS after: on, ready, sequencing on
(WW) intel(0): Register 0x61114 (PORT_HOTPLUG_STAT) changed from 0x00000000 to 0x00000b00
(II) Loading sub module "dri"
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Loading sub module "dri2"
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] 0    0    0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b](OprD)
    [5] 0    0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
    [6] 0    0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
    [7] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [8] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
    [9] 0    0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b](OprU)
    [10] 0    0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b](OprU)
(II) intel(0): Kernel reported 488960 total, 1 used
(II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 1955836 kB available
(WW) intel(0): DRI2 requires UXA
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) [drm] loaded kernel module for "i915" driver.
(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.3
(II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded.
(II) intel(0): [drm] Using the DRM lock SAREA also for drawables.
(II) intel(0): [drm] framebuffer mapped by ddx driver
(II) intel(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) intel(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) intel(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler
(**) intel(0): Framebuffer compression disabled
(**) intel(0): Tiling enabled
(==) intel(0): VideoRam: 262144 KB
(II) intel(0): Attempting memory allocation with tiled buffers.
(II) intel(0): Tiled allocation successful.
(II) intel(0): [drm] Registers = 0xf6e00000
(II) intel(0): [drm] Initialized kernel agp heap manager, 33554432
(II) intel(0): [dri] visual configs initialized
(II) intel(0): Page Flipping disabled
(II) intel(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(II) EXA(0): Offscreen pixmap area of 50331648 bytes
(II) EXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
(II)         Solid
(II)         Copy
(II)         Composite (RENDER acceleration)
(==) intel(0): Backing store disabled
(==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor
(II) intel(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) intel(0): Current clock rate multiplier: 1
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 0 at 0x0b000000 (pgoffset 45056)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 1 at 0x0e000000 (pgoffset 57344)
(II) intel(0): Fixed memory allocation layout:
(II) intel(0): 0x00000000-0x00000fff: power context (4 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x0077f000:            end of stolen memory
(II) intel(0): 0x0077f000-0x0affffff: DRI memory manager (172548 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x0b000000-0x0dffffff: exa offscreen (49152 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x0e000000-0x0fffffff: classic textures (32768 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x10000000:            end of aperture
(II) intel(0): BO memory allocation layout:
(II) intel(0): 0x0077f000:            start of memory manager
(II) intel(0): 0x0079f000-0x0179efff: depth buffer (16384 kB) Y tiled
(II) intel(0): 0x0179f000-0x0279efff: back buffer (16384 kB) X tiled
(II) intel(0): 0x0279f000-0x0379efff: front buffer (16384 kB) X tiled
(II) intel(0): 0x0379f000-0x0379ffff: overlay registers (4 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x037a0000-0x037a9fff: HW cursors (40 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x0b000000:            end of memory manager
(II) intel(0): using SSC reference clock of 96 MHz
(II) intel(0): Selecting standard 18 bit TMDS pixel format.
(II) intel(0): Output configuration:
(II) intel(0):   Pipe A is on
(II) intel(0):   Display plane A is now enabled and connected to pipe A.
(II) intel(0):   Pipe B is on
(II) intel(0):   Display plane B is now enabled and connected to pipe B.
(II) intel(0):   Output VGA is connected to pipe A
(II) intel(0):   Output LVDS is connected to pipe B
(II) intel(0):   Output TMDS-1 is connected to pipe none
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped front buffer at 0xe279f000, handle = 0xe279f000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped back buffer at 0xe179f000, handle = 0xe179f000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped depth buffer at 0xe079f000, handle = 0xe079f000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped classic textures at 0xee000000, handle = 0xee000000
(II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
(II) intel(0): DPMS enabled
(==) intel(0): Intel XvMC decoder disabled
(II) intel(0): Set up textured video
(II) intel(0): Set up overlay video
(II) intel(0): direct rendering: XF86DRI Enabled
(--) RandR disabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 12
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_make_current_read
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_texture_from_pixmap with driver support
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i965_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI GL provider for screen 0
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 287 x 230
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 2.2.2
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "ch"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "fr"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse
(**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: always reports core events
(**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
(II) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Found 8 mouse buttons
(II) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.1.0
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.0
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 0
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right middle
(**) Option "SHMConfig" "false"
(**) Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
(**) Option "RightEdge" "5300"
(**) Option "TopEdge" "1700"
(**) Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
(**) Option "FingerLow" "25"
(**) Option "FingerHigh" "30"
(**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
(**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
(**) Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100"
(**) Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
(**) Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true"
(**) Option "CornerCoasting" "true"
(**) Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
(**) Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true"
(**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
(**) Option "TapButton2" "2"
(**) Option "TapButton3" "3"
(**) Option "MinSpeed" "0.10"
(**) Option "MaxSpeed" "0.60"
(**) Option "AccelFactor" "0.0020"
(**) Option "CoastingSpeed" "0.30"
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad touchpad found
(**) Option "AlwaysCore" "true"
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad touchpad found
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
(**) Video Bus: always reports core events
(**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "ch"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "fr"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
(**) Video Bus: always reports core events
(**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "ch"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "fr"
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" registered at address 0x60.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" removed.
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 531
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966
(II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
(II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   72.10  1280 1296 1344 1448  800 802 804 830 -hsync -vsync (49.8 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" registered at address 0x60.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" removed.
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 531
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966
(II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
(II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   72.10  1280 1296 1344 1448  800 802 804 830 -hsync -vsync (49.8 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966
(II) intel(0): using SSC reference clock of 96 MHz
(II) intel(0): Selecting standard 18 bit TMDS pixel format.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" registered at address 0x60.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" removed.
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 531
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966
(II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
(II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   72.10  1280 1296 1344 1448  800 802 804 830 -hsync -vsync (49.8 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966

At work I use a huge external montor. Its native resultion is 1920x1200. I noticed that I had this error in my Xorg.0.log couple of times.

(EE) intel(0): Unable to write to SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOB Slave 0x70.

Last edited by ArchArael (2009-05-07 18:55:25)

tjwoosta · 2009-05-07 18:59:15

Ahh, ok I see you have the gm965 as well.

I guess I can share my xorg.conf as it might help, but i should mention that mine is a laptop with 1280x800 resolution and i have never tried to use an external monitor, but for the normal laptop monitor everything works great. Also i use the intel legacy driver from the repo.

Remember to make a backup of you current xorg.conf if you try to make any changes, just incase.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
    Screen      "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "SynapticsTouchpad"    "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
#    Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
    
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
#    FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#    FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
    Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
    Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option      "Protocol" "auto"
    Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
    Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "SynapticsTouchpad"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option      "AlwaysCore"        "true"  # send events to CorePointer
#    Option      "Device"            "/dev/input/mice"
    Option      "Device"            "/dev/psaux"
    Option      "Protocol"          "auto-dev"
    Option      "SHMConfig"         "false" # configurable at runtime? security risk
    Option      "LeftEdge"          "1700"  # x coord left
    Option      "RightEdge"         "5300"  # x coord right
    Option      "TopEdge"           "1700"  # y coord top
    Option      "BottomEdge"        "4200"  # y coord bottom
    Option      "FingerLow"         "25"    # pressure below this level triggers release
    Option      "FingerHigh"        "30"    # pressure above this level triggers touch
    Option      "MaxTapTime"        "180"   # max time in ms for detecting tap
    Option      "VertEdgeScroll"    "true"  # enable vertical scroll zone
    Option      "HorizEdgeScroll"   "true"  # enable horizontal scroll zone
    Option      "CornerCoasting"    "true"  # enable continuous scroll with finger in corner
    Option      "CoastingSpeed"     "0.30"  # corner coasting speed
    Option      "VertScrollDelta"   "20"   # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the vertical scroll
    Option      "HorizScrollDelta"  "20"   # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the horizontal scroll
    Option      "MinSpeed"          "0.10"  # speed factor for low pointer movement
    Option      "MaxSpeed"          "0.60"  # maximum speed factor for fast pointer movement
    Option      "AccelFactor"       "0.0030"    # acceleration factor for normal pointer movements
    Option      "VertTwoFingerScroll"   "true"    # vertical scroll anywhere with two fingers
    Option      "HorizTwoFingerScroll"  "true"    # horizontal scroll anywhere with two fingers
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "TVOutput"
    Option        "Ignore"    "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
    Driver        "intel"
    BusID        "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option        "monitor-TV"    "TVOutput"
    Option      "DRI"                    "True"
    Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"  "True"
    Option      "EnablePageFlip"         "True"
    Option      "RenderAccel"            "True"
    Option      "AccelMethod"            "XAA"

EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection "Display"
        Modes        "1280x800"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"

EndSection

Im certainly no expert on this subject but I think the important parts to note would be

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "TVOutput"
    Option        "Ignore"    "true"
EndSection

    Option        "monitor-TV"    "TVOutput"
    Option      "DRI"                    "True"
    Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"  "True"
    Option      "EnablePageFlip"         "True"
    Option      "RenderAccel"            "True"
    Option      "AccelMethod"            "XAA"

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"

EndSection

Now, notice this part

Option        "monitor-TV"    "TVOutput"

And this part

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "TVOutput"
    Option        "Ignore"    "true"
EndSection

I had to add those parts because of a bug with the intel drivers and tv output where it would cause panels and windows to only use about 3/4 of my screen while the wallpaper was fullscreen, it was a strange issue.

(Im not sure how this will work with you if you are using an external monitor, since ive never used one.)

Another thing I should mention is the XAA accelmethod for the intel driver

With XAA i get a much higher framerate with compiz and with games, and it seems more stable then EXA or UXA, but it doesnt allow for xv video output in media players. To get around the media player issue i had to change the video output of the media players to "x11" or "no xv" depending on the media player. For totem you change it by opening gstreamer-properties and choosing "no xv" in the video output section. For vlc and mplayer its in the preferences menus.

I wish I could help more, but like I said ive never used an external monitor so im not quite sure how it should be done in your case.

Or maybe using the external monitor could be the root of this bug in first place, which could explain why ive never had this problem.

Maybe somebody with some experience in this area can provide some more info.

anrxc · 2009-05-07 20:26:54

Actually, I am suspecting it is intel driver that freezes everything.

I've seen my share of freezes in recent months and GM965. Now, with version 2.6.3-4 situation is rather good (it was much worse, freezes on X init, on resume from suspend etc.), only easily reproducable freeze, here, remains with Okular - where machine freezes frequently when scrolling a document. We are being patient for almost a year now, so I hope this crap will end soon.

combuster · 2009-05-07 21:04:11

I'm not so sure about that, 2.6.30-rc4 and xf86-video-intel-newest acts the same as 2.6.29-2 and 2.6.3-3 xf86-video-intel except for the tiling issue. Tried yesterday as soon as 2.6.30-rc4 hits the www.kernel.org... I've only noticed that in menuconfig I can select KMS as default so I guess we dont need to edit modprobe.conf and mkinitcpio.conf any more... It looks that everything is ok from the kernel side, intel driver still needs to be ironed...

ArchArael · 2009-05-07 21:15:51

Thank you for your replies guys.

I tried XAA acceleration but it didn't worked, I get a generic:

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

No other (EE) in the log as you can see:

X.Org X Server 1.6.1
Release Date: 2009-4-14
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux infinity 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 29 14:25:30 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 15 April 2009  11:09:10AM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May  7 22:48:03 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "DontZap" "false"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(**) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1,
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1,
    built-ins
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(II) Loader magic: 0x1a40
(II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
    X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
    X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on linux
(--) using VT number 7

(--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller rev 12, Mem @ 0xf6e00000/1048576, 0xe0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000eff8/8
(--) PCI: (0@0:2:1) Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller rev 12, Mem @ 0xf6f00000/1048576
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) System resource ranges:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.13.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "intel"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so
(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 2.6.3
    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
    i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
    E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ,
    965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
    Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset,
    Intel Integrated Graphics Device, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] 0    0    0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
    [5] 0    0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [6] 0    0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [7] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [8] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
    [9] 0    0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
    [10] 0    0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 0.1.0
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
(==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(**) intel(0): Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
(**) intel(0): Option "DRI" "true"
(II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 965GM
(--) intel(0): Chipset: "965GM"
(--) intel(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE0000000
(--) intel(0): IO registers at addr 0xF6E00000
(WW) intel(0): libpciaccess reported 0 rom size, guessing 64kB
(**) intel(0): Using XAA for acceleration
(II) intel(0): 2 display pipes available.
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
(II) intel(0): Output VGA using monitor section Monitor0
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS has no monitor section
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "LVDSDDC_C" initialized.
(II) intel(0): Attempting to determine panel fixed mode.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "LVDSDDC_C:E-EDID segment register" registered at address 0x60.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "LVDSDDC_C:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966
(II) intel(0): found backlight control method /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOB" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOB:SDVO Controller B" registered at address 0x70.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOB DDC Bus" initialized.
(II) intel(0): Output TMDS-1 has no monitor section
(II) intel(0): SDVOB: device VID/DID: 04:AE.00, clock range 25.0MHz - 165.0MHz
(II) intel(0): SDVOB: 1 input channel
(II) intel(0): SDVOB: TMDS0 output reported
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC:SDVO Controller C" registered at address 0x72.
(II) intel(0): No SDVO device found on SDVOC
(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC:SDVO Controller C" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC" removed.
(II) intel(0): Current clock rate multiplier: 1
(II) intel(0): Resizable framebuffer: not available (1 2)
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" registered at address 0x60.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:E-EDID segment register" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" removed.
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 531
(II) intel(0): Using EDID range info for horizontal sync
(II) intel(0): Using EDID range info for vertical refresh
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800  960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 531
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 8966
(II) intel(0): Output VGA connected
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS connected
(II) intel(0): Output TMDS-1 disconnected
(II) intel(0): Using user preference for initial modes
(II) intel(0): Output VGA using initial mode 1280x1024
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1280x800
(II) intel(0): detected 512 kB GTT.
(II) intel(0): detected 7676 kB stolen memory.
(==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
(==) intel(0): Will not try to enable page flipping
(==) intel(0): Triple buffering disabled
(==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) intel(0): Display dimensions: (450, 280) mm
(**) intel(0): DPI set to (115, 185)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libxaa.so
(II) Module xaa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.2.1
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) intel(0): Comparing regs from server start up to After PreInit
(WW) intel(0): Register 0x61200 (PP_STATUS) changed from 0xc0000008 to 0xd0000009
(WW) intel(0): PP_STATUS before: on, ready, sequencing idle
(WW) intel(0): PP_STATUS after: on, ready, sequencing on
(WW) intel(0): Register 0x71024 (PIPEBSTAT) changed from 0x00000206 to 0x00000246
(WW) intel(0): PIPEBSTAT before: status: VSYNC_INT_STATUS SVBLANK_INT_STATUS VBLANK_INT_STATUS
(WW) intel(0): PIPEBSTAT after: status: VSYNC_INT_STATUS LBLC_EVENT_STATUS SVBLANK_INT_STATUS VBLANK_INT_STATUS
(II) Loading sub module "dri"
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Loading sub module "dri2"
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] 0    0    0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b](OprD)
    [5] 0    0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
    [6] 0    0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
    [7] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [8] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
    [9] 0    0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b](OprU)
    [10] 0    0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b](OprU)
(II) intel(0): Kernel reported 488960 total, 1 used
(II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 1955836 kB available
(WW) intel(0): DRI2 requires UXA
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.3
(II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded.
(II) intel(0): [drm] Using the DRM lock SAREA also for drawables.
(II) intel(0): [drm] framebuffer mapped by ddx driver
(II) intel(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) intel(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) intel(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler
(**) intel(0): Framebuffer compression disabled
(**) intel(0): Tiling enabled
(==) intel(0): VideoRam: 262144 KB
(II) intel(0): Attempting memory allocation with tiled buffers.
(II) intel(0): Allocating 6144 scanlines for pixmap cache
(II) intel(0): Tiled allocation successful.
(II) intel(0): [drm] Registers = 0xf6e00000
(II) intel(0): [drm] Initialized kernel agp heap manager, 33554432
(II) intel(0): [dri] visual configs initialized
(II) intel(0): Page Flipping disabled
(II) intel(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(II) intel(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
    Screen to screen bit blits
    Solid filled rectangles
    8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
    Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion
    Solid Horizontal and Vertical Lines
    Setting up tile and stipple cache:
        32 128x128 slots
        32 256x256 slots
        16 512x512 slots
(==) intel(0): Backing store disabled
(==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor
(II) intel(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) intel(0): Current clock rate multiplier: 1
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 0 at 0x0e000000 (pgoffset 57344)
(II) intel(0): Fixed memory allocation layout:
(II) intel(0): 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: xaa scratch (64 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x00010000-0x00010fff: power context (4 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x0077f000:            end of stolen memory
(II) intel(0): 0x0077f000-0x0dffffff: DRI memory manager (221700 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x0e000000-0x0fffffff: classic textures (32768 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x10000000:            end of aperture
(II) intel(0): BO memory allocation layout:
(II) intel(0): 0x0077f000:            start of memory manager
(II) intel(0): 0x0079f000-0x0179efff: depth buffer (16384 kB) Y tiled
(II) intel(0): 0x0179f000-0x0279efff: back buffer (16384 kB) X tiled
(II) intel(0): 0x0279f000-0x0679efff: front buffer (65536 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x0679f000-0x0679ffff: overlay registers (4 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x067a0000-0x067a9fff: HW cursors (40 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x0e000000:            end of memory manager
(WW) intel(0): ESR is 0x00000001
(WW) intel(0): Existing errors found in hardware state.
(II) intel(0): using SSC reference clock of 96 MHz
(II) intel(0): Selecting standard 18 bit TMDS pixel format.
(II) intel(0): Output configuration:
(II) intel(0):   Pipe A is on
(II) intel(0):   Display plane A is now enabled and connected to pipe A.
(II) intel(0):   Pipe B is on
(II) intel(0):   Display plane B is now enabled and connected to pipe B.
(II) intel(0):   Output VGA is connected to pipe A
(II) intel(0):   Output LVDS is connected to pipe B
(II) intel(0):   Output TMDS-1 is connected to pipe none
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped front buffer at 0xe279f000, handle = 0xe279f000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped back buffer at 0xe179f000, handle = 0xe179f000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped depth buffer at 0xe079f000, handle = 0xe079f000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped classic textures at 0xee000000, handle = 0xee000000
(II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
(II) intel(0): DPMS enabled
(==) intel(0): Intel XvMC decoder disabled
(II) intel(0): Set up textured video
(II) intel(0): Set up overlay video
(II) intel(0): direct rendering: XF86DRI Enabled
(WW) intel(0): Option "EnablePageFlip" is not used
(WW) intel(0): Option "RenderAccel" is not used
(--) RandR disabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 12
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_make_current_read
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_texture_from_pixmap with driver support
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i965_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI GL provider for screen 0
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 287 x 230

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813278b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x80dda61]
2: [0xb80a4400]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so(intel_batch_flush+0xe4) [0xb7ae68e4]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so [0xb7af1caf]
5: /usr/bin/X [0x8179d2b]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x8142b48]
7: /usr/bin/X(BlockHandler+0x58) [0x8090848]
8: /usr/bin/X(WaitForSomething+0x10d) [0x813009d]
9: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0x7e) [0x808ca7e]
10: /usr/bin/X(main+0x3bd) [0x8071f3d]
11: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb7c6a6b6]
12: /usr/bin/X [0x8071401]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
     at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
(II) intel(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 0

Then I tried also UXA and EXA acceleration and I noticed that the best one was EXA.
I gained something like 300fps just by activating EXA acceleration. Now I am going to wait for some time in order to check if this fixes my problem or not.

I really hope it will. I like so much this distro, but I cannot fight against intel drivers in order to finish my work.

Every time I force power off I'm afraid to break my filesystem and lose my files. I have made backups but loosing hours of work is pain in ass.

Last edited by ArchArael (2009-05-07 21:28:04)

ArchArael · 2009-05-07 21:39:55

Damn! No luck. I had another freeze right now. I had to force power off.

It happens with dual screen for sure. Sometimes when I'm at home I use just the external screen and I usually don't have problems in this case.

leo2501 · 2009-05-17 00:09:18

I tried everything i can find in a lot of forums, irc, etc, so maybe we can make some sort of script to run in the background and send a SIGKILL to X when it's unresponsive... maybe there's a common EE in the log or something like that...

damjan · 2009-05-17 00:54:05

ArchArael wrote:

Damn! No luck. I had another freeze right now. I had to force power off.
It happens with dual screen for sure. Sometimes when I'm at home I use just the external screen and I usually don't have problems in this case.

I've noticed instabilites (X freezes) when doing dual screen too.

Do you have another computer? It might be good to connect to your frozen laptop with ssh and check "dmesg" and the X log .. and even intel_gpu_dump (from http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/x … 0830.html) and report all this on freedesktops bug tracker.

Me personally, when I run dual-screen I don't have another pc on the network.

d7wang · 2009-05-17 08:40:21

I also had a similar problem with my G31 (X3100), I presume that it may be caused by a buggy memory management module in the intel's driver. It usually happens when Compiz is enabled. My solution to this is to manually complie the kernel 2.6.28 with the offical patch 2009q4 given by intel. In the xorg.conf I used the UXA acceleratiing method. Now it seems fine.

krejzihors · 2009-05-17 14:34:15

It seems like many of us have great problems with intel drivers. I can't understand why they're moved to core? Seems unbelievable that noone was having problems while in testing, or they forced the unstable drivers upon us making us beta-testers. It's unprofessional. I'm sorry if it sounds harsh, but some of us need a system to work on, not to beta-test. I know "the arch way" and all, but this problem plagues many users, not just minority. I hoped that the drivers would be downgraded in the core repo and new drivers moved back to testing, but nothing.

Just for the record, i love arch and all but I don't understand some decisions (like switching to kde4 and removing support for kde3 for instance) and it is why I ALWAYS keep my debian installation at hand.

Sorry for the rant.

jwcxz · 2009-05-17 14:48:30

I have a GMA965 as well. Here's my story.

Started with Xorg 1.4. EXA support was non-existant, so I used XAA. Compiz ran fine, but 3D games had corrupted screens and crashed the X server. Also, there was no video overlay. I lived with it.

When 1.5 came out, I tried it briefly, but realized that EXA still sucked, so I downgraded to 1.4 with the old Intel driver.

When 1.6 and 2.6.29 came out, I tried once more. This time, EXA worked beautifully: Compiz was smooth, framerates on games were decent, and video output worked again. So, that's where I am now.

~ $ pacman -Q xorg-server xf86-video-intel kernel26
xorg-server 1.6.1-1
xf86-video-intel 2.7.1-1
kernel26 2.6.29.3-1

UXA still doesn't work for me. Some transparent objects are missing their backgrounds, which makes the system look horrible. Right now, I'm too lazy to check the bugtracker, but eventually I'll do that.

I have not experienced any kind of crashing (*knocks on wood*) or troubles resuming from suspend, though I do see some of my memory going into a black hole. I have a dual-screen setup (1280x800 on my laptop and 1280x1024 on the monitor beside it). The system is a Dell XPS M1330.

Here's my xorg.conf:

~ $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "GM965"
    Driver      "intel"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName   "Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller"
    Option      "AccelMethod" "EXA"
    Option      "ExaNoComposite" "false"
    Option      "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
    Option      "EnablePageFlip" "true"
    Option      "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option      "VBERestore" "False"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "GM965"
        DefaultColorDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes "1280x800"
                Virtual 2560 1024
                #Virtual 2720 900
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

The commented Virtual line is for when I'm at home and I'm using the laptop with my 1440x900 monitor instead. No troubles with that one either.

pano · 2009-05-17 15:55:39

ArchArael wrote:

Every time I force power off I'm afraid to break my filesystem and lose my files. I have made backups but loosing hours of work is pain in ass.

You should take a look at the Magic SysRQ shortcuts:
http://wiki.archlinux.de/title/SysRQ (sorry but I couldn't find anything in English...:))

soupcan · 2009-05-17 16:12:38

I've been getting intermittent freezes after the recent update to either Xorg or the intel driver; I'm not sure which. I also have a GMA965 with EXA enabled, but it has never given me trouble before. I've checked every log I could find; nothing shows up as out of the ordinary.

pano wrote:

ArchArael wrote:
Every time I force power off I'm afraid to break my filesystem and lose my files. I have made backups but loosing hours of work is pain in ass.
You should take a look at the Magic SysRQ shortcuts:
http://wiki.archlinux.de/title/SysRQ (sorry but I couldn't find anything in English...:))

I've tried SysRq to recover from the freezes, but they don't seem to work on my laptop. I have to press Alt+Fn-Delete(SysRq). EDIT: Never mind, according to that wiki page, the "Magic SysRq" combinations are disabled by default. Now to turn them on and try them... thanks!

Last edited by soupcan (2009-05-17 16:15:31)

ArchArael · 2009-05-17 19:58:52

Well...after a brief adventure on Slackware, three days actually, I have installed arch64. Meanwhile the drivers have been upgraded and now with:

arael(~)pacman -Q | grep intel
intel-dri 7.4.2-1
xf86-video-intel 2.7.1-1
arael(~)

I haven't got any other crashes. I hope the problem has been solved by the latest drivers.

After I spent some time on searching some other distro that could fit my needs I have established on more time that Arch is my home.

No other distro was Arch and I was really sad to leave. Happy to be an archer again.

Last edited by ArchArael (2009-05-17 20:06:48)

lynucs · 2009-05-17 22:13:29

though i have the same package versions my system still freezes randomly.. on freeze however i can still move the mouse cursor (but can't click anything). no chance to switch to tty or kill X.

Oh, by the way, did anyone try the combination of libdrm-newest and xf86-video-intel-newest from aur? does it solve the freeze problem?

P.S.: okay, tried out, got a freeze again.

Last edited by lynucs (2009-05-17 22:48:15)

Dheart · 2009-05-18 05:23:15

Try intel-legacy drivers
pacman -S xf86-video-intel-legacy

lynucs · 2009-05-18 08:24:11

tried out xf86-video-intel-legacy with kms disabled kernel. No freezes or X crashes so far and even xrandr screen rotation seems to work stable on my tablet.

The performance is crappy though, but at least i can _somehow_ work without worrying about a possible freeze which could occure an every next minute.

I know - arch is bleeding edge, but "bleeding edge" does not mean "completely broken" in my eyes. I really doubt that noone of the devs knew about that huge problems regarding intel drivers, kms, etc. Sad.

jwcxz · 2009-05-18 12:01:50

lynucs wrote:

The performance is crappy though, but at least i can _somehow_ work without worrying about a possible freeze which could occure an every next minute.

You remembered to switch to XAA, right?

I know - arch is bleeding edge, but "bleeding edge" does not mean "completely broken" in my eyes. I really doubt that noone of the devs knew about that huge problems regarding intel drivers, kms, etc. Sad.

There's a distinct dilemma involved here: if it works for most of the people, should we upgrade to it? Arch says yes while many other distros say no. The advantage is that those who do see full support are happy to be using the latest code. Those who do not need to construct workarounds.

Back when 1.5 was out, I was using a downgraded set of packages that caused other minor conflicts on my system. I hoped that one day I could get rid of all the IgnorePkg warnings that always made me cringe.

Ideally, forcing users to run the latest software is beneficial for the software itself because more users will file bug reports, etc. The intel driver is one of the few "unstable" packages on Arch. It's not Arch's fault that the driver is so horrible, and they do not want to hold back Xorg for all the other video cards out there. So -legacy is a good compromise.

lynucs · 2009-05-18 12:25:33

True, XAA makes the performance a lot better, still not perfect but suitable for for working. Thank you for a reminder.

leo2501 · 2009-05-19 02:00:58

well, I'm still having issues with this drivers, and i mean, all 3 drivers from the repos, 2 from extra, and the newest in AUR, 1 of 5 times i startx, i need to hard reset the computer because it freezes and there's no way to return to VC1 or kill X, i even run a "sleep 20 && killall X" but the time pases and X didnt get killed, so i tried the vesa driver but is too rudimentary to be useful, im looking freebsd as an alternative to this problem, but don't want to leave arch only for this drivers, the thing is that maybe i don't need a bleeding edge X or kernel or app, i need a rock solid, functional, and thrusty system

ArchArael · 2009-05-19 08:56:10

leo2501 wrote:

well, I'm still having issues with this drivers, and i mean, all 3 drivers from the repos, 2 from extra, and the newest in AUR, 1 of 5 times i startx, i need to hard reset the computer because it freezes and there's no way to return to VC1 or kill X, i even run a "sleep 20 && killall X" but the time pases and X didnt get killed, so i tried the vesa driver but is too rudimentary to be useful, im looking freebsd as an alternative to this problem, but don't want to leave arch only for this drivers, the thing is that maybe i don't need a bleeding edge X or kernel or app, i need a rock solid, functional, and thrusty system

I had same thoughts when my machine was unstable. I chose Slackware but I really missed Arch and I think that, probably, the same will happen to you. I don't know why but with arch64 I haven't got any crashes so far. If you have a x86_64 processor maybe you could try arch64.

I know very well how an unstable system can be frustrating. I hope a fix will be released soon.

Last edited by ArchArael (2009-05-19 08:57:16)

lynucs · 2009-05-19 09:21:16

though the solution with legacy driver seems to avoid crashes while working, i have still an annoying problem:

after suspend to ram or to disk (with uswsusp) on wake up i randomly can end up with a black screen and a blinking or not blinking cursor in the left top screen. No chance to change to another VC.

oh, btw, the trick with SysRq + reisub doesn't work there for a shutdown.

Last edited by lynucs (2009-05-21 15:48:20)

jpatufet · 2009-05-20 21:08:33

I'm having the same problem with intel drivers, new or legacy.

For the people that get it working, no freezes with external monitors, could you post the version of your intel drivers and which accel method do you use (UXA/EXA/XAA)?

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