You need to check out the same version of mesa you have currently installed, to make sure you can reproduce the issue correctly when building from sources. Then the same for the last known working version.
Only once that's confirmed should you start the bisect. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1282867 Title: Many bugs in rendering with lockups, likely caused by SNA Status in The Linux Kernel: Incomplete Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After the latest kernel upgrade, my system has many graphical glitches, and is locking up frequently. The dmesg output has errors like these: [ 1951.568672] Watchdog[2753]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fe00773a32e sp 00007fdff869f680 error 6 in chrome[7fe003cbe000+5dd9000] [ 1959.241676] [drm] stuck on render ring [ 1959.241685] [drm] GPU crash dump saved to /sys/class/drm/card0/error [ 1959.241686] [drm] GPU hangs can indicate a bug anywhere in the entire gfx stack, including userspace. [ 1959.241687] [drm] Please file a _new_ bug report on bugs.freedesktop.org against DRI -> DRM/Intel [ 1959.241688] [drm] drm/i915 developers can then reassign to the right component if it's not a kernel issue. [ 1959.241689] [drm] The gpu crash dump is required to analyze gpu hangs, so please always attach it. [ 1959.244266] [drm:i915_set_reset_status] *ERROR* render ring hung inside bo (0x3dc32000 ctx 17) at 0x3dc32c48 [ 3964.330034] perf samples too long (2503 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000 [ 4849.028446] [drm] stuck on render ring [ 4849.028492] [drm:i915_set_reset_status] *ERROR* render ring hung inside bo (0x565c2000 ctx 17) at 0x565c2c48 [ 4861.093551] Watchdog[5226]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fc00d36f32e sp 00007fbffe2d4680 error 6 in chrome[7fc0098f3000+5dd9000] [ 4863.020198] [drm] stuck on render ring [ 4863.020255] [drm:i915_set_reset_status] *ERROR* render ring hung inside bo (0x3dc32000 ctx 17) at 0x3dc32c48 [ 4893.028245] [drm] stuck on render ring [ 4893.028295] [drm:i915_set_reset_status] *ERROR* render ring hung inside bo (0x4cbed000 ctx 10) at 0x4cbedc98 [ 4899.041855] [drm] stuck on render ring [ 4899.041900] [drm:i915_set_reset_status] *ERROR* render ring hung inside bo (0xea3d000 ctx 10) at 0xea3dc98 [ 4899.041903] [drm:i915_context_is_banned] *ERROR* context hanging too fast, declaring banned! [ 5833.173837] warning: `VBoxHeadless' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use) [ 5833.326542] device vboxnet0 entered promiscuous mode [ 6429.476175] [drm] stuck on render ring [ 6488.455986] [drm] stuck on render ring [ 6547.507818] [drm] stuck on render ring [ 6615.490047] [drm] stuck on render ring I am not sure if the xserver-xorg-video-intel ricver was also updated at the same time. This is the version in use: rdhruva@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-intel: Installed: 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-11-generic 3.13.0-11.31 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-11.31-generic 3.13.3 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: rdhruva 2154 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: rdhruva 2154 F...m pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Thu Feb 20 19:29:20 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=33c83ff3-ead7-4122-a1f0-9602e848cb80 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-24 (27 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1) MachineType: LENOVO 2356EF2 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-11-generic root=UUID=9a425350-3b9f-45f7-9587-97f5e539c7e6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-11-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-11-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.125 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/16/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: G7ET98WW (2.58 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 2356EF2 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 2045260 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG7ET98WW(2.58):bd12/16/2013:svnLENOVO:pn2356EF2:pvrThinkPadT430s:rvnLENOVO:rn2356EF2:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2356EF2 dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T430s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1282867/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp