Messages in this thread | | | From | Jesse Barnes <> | Subject | Re: [REGRESSION] i915 VT switch with AIGLX causes X lock up | Date | Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:44:09 -0800 |
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On Monday, February 23, 2009 2:32:26 pm Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 03:38:22PM +0000, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: > > With 2.6.29rc5 and xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9.2 switching > > to a VT after starting compiz causes X to nearly lock up. > > > > Steps to reproduce: > > 1. Start X > > 2. Run compiz > > 3. Switch to VT1 via ctrl-alt-f1 > > 4. Switch back to X via ctrl-alt-f7 > > > > The result is that X will remain displaying a black screen from then on > > (the mouse cursor is visible and still moves). Switching to a VT after > > this locks up the keyboard. When compiz is not running this bug does not > > occur. I am not using kernel mode setting and booting with nomodesetting > > made no difference. This problem was not present in 2.6.28. The problem > > is reproducible every time. > > > > Graphics card is an i915 in an EeePC 900: > > > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile > > 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 04) > > > > This might be http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12264 but I > > can't reopen that bug and this bug might turn out to be different. Might > > also be related to > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123499984611624&w=2 . > > Still here in 2.6.29-rc6.
Can you get a backtrace of the hung process, maybe by logging in from another machine and using gdb on the Xorg process? -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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