On 2004-12-07 Christian Ospelkaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8
> Severity: important
> On my system with onboard i865, I see regular crahses when the screen
> blanks while I am logged in. The xserver log file contains the
> I830WaitLpRing()
[...]
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 3.1
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-686
[...]
These I830WaitLpRing()-errors seem to be rather common (there are
multiple reports against xserver-xfree86) and kernel dependent, I've
got a user report where upgrading from 2.4.27-1-386 to 2.6.8 helped.
281439, is also interesting - 2.6.8 worked for the submitter but
upgrading to 2.6.9 broke.[1]
cu andreas
[1] In a different way, mplayer (i.e. probably Xv) locks up the
server.
there is also
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