It looks like this is a kernel issue rather than a xserver issue, as kernel commit 3a69ddd6f872180b6f61fda87152b37202118fbc fixes the problem for me:
commit 3a69ddd6f872180b6f61fda87152b37202118fbc Author: Kenneth Graunke <kenn...@whitecape.org> Date: Fri Apr 27 12:44:41 2012 -0700 drm/i915: Set the Stencil Cache eviction policy to non-LRA mode. Clearing bit 5 of CACHE_MODE_0 is necessary to prevent GPU hangs in OpenGL programs such as Google MapsGL, Google Earth, and gzdoom when using separate stencil buffers. Without it, the GPU tries to use the LRA eviction policy, which isn't supported. This was supposed to be off by default, but seems to be on for many machines. This cannot be done in gen6_init_clock_gating with most of the other workaround bits; the render ring needs to exist. Otherwise, the register write gets dropped on the floor (one printk will show it changed, but a second printk immediately following shows the value reverts to the old one). Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47535 Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org Cc: Rob Castle <future...@gmail.com> Cc: Eric Appleman <erapple...@gmail.com> Cc: aaron...@gmx.net Cc: Keith Packard <kei...@keithp.com> Signed-off-by: Kenneth Graunke <kenn...@whitecape.org> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airl...@redhat.com> ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #47535 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47535 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975689 Title: X freezes completely running google earth on xserver-xorg-video-intel - IPEHR: 0x7a000002 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/975689/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp