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leo2501

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

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

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)?

+1

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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leo2501

Member

From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

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

yesterday i updated xorg-server to 1.6.1.901-1 and the starting X lockup seems to be dissapeared, i restarted the computer a couple of times and i didn't get the lockup, and opengl apps now didn't lockup the computer as well, and even i can switch between VC's and X... A DREAM COME TRUE!! lol

im using...
- In xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "intel"
        VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
        BoardName   "Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
        Option      "AccelMethod"            "UXA"
        BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

- KMS enabled (look in the wiki) this gets the right resolution for my netbook (1024x600) in VC's

- Intel driver is extra/xf86-video-intel 2.7.1-1

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

leo2501

Member

From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

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

hope this helps the ones with an intel graphics card to solve their xorg problems

if you have one or (as my case) ALL this random problems
- non starting X
- random freezing X
- freezing when using VGA output
- freezing when using an opengl app
- random black screen with unresponsive system

[SOLVED] wanna reinstall and keep an older xorg
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 32#p565132

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery