On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 17:35 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Paul Hartman > > <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> This started as part of Michael's thread about Myth crashing. > >>> mythfrontend is segfaulting for me also, but my problem has spread to > >>> pretty much any application that tries to display video - mplayer, > >>> xine and Myth all crash with similar errors. Only xine doesn't crash X > >>> completely and leaves behind anything in terms of clues. > >> > >> It looks like maybe a problem with xv overlays. You can try using a > >> different output driver than xv. Also, try adding AccelMethod to your > >> device section in xorg.conf if you don't have it: > >> > >> Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" > >> > >> If that doesn't help, maybe try EXA instead of XAA. > >> > >> Also, if you're using anything like compiz of KDE4 desktop effects, > >> try turning it off. > > > > Right now I don't have an xorg.conf file as the new xorg upgrade guide > > encourages you to dump it. I'm not overly comfortable with that and > > will likely try creating a new xorg or using my old one later. I'll > > try your idea as soon as I get to that. > > I'm not sure if video device options such as AccelMethod can be set > via FDI... I think they may still belong in xorg.conf, just not input > devices. I have nothing but the video device options in my xorg.conf > :) > > Also as someone suggested in a similar thread recently, maybe give > driconf a try as well. >
No, driconf isnt helping me - vmware also does for me, and sometimes after a tuxonice suspend to ram. Almost seems to be anything creating a heavy load and while accessing video on the i915. In some cases I am left with a X mouse cursor and that can move in x&y, but not click. Trying to ssh in and restart x doesnt work, and when rebooting the last screen stays displayed (the original x window at the time of crash) stays up until the warm start point is reached. ive found 2.6.28 is more stable than 2.6.29, but not by a lot ... BillK
