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xserver-xorg-driver-i810 package

  1. Bug #29880
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 29880

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Alessandro Gervaso (gervystar) wrote : Re: X hangs and doesn't release the console

Disabling DRI from the video driver options with
Option "dri" "false"
leads to another situation.
The xserver starts up, but keeps logging errors like this.
ADVANCE_LP_RING: outring (0x27) isn't on a QWord boundary(WW) I810(0): Fixing display offsets.
ADVANCE_LP_RING: outring (0x2f) isn't on a QWord boundaryADVANCE_LP_RING: outring (0x47) isn't on a QWord boundary(WW) I810(0): Fixing display offsets.
ADVANCE_LP_RING: outring (0x4f) isn't on a QWord boundary(WW) I810(0): Fixing display offsets.
ADVANCE_LP_RING: outring (0x57) isn't on a QWord boundary(WW) I810(0): Fixing display offsets.

Also everything becomes sluggish, the cursor isn't visible and there are lots of visual artifacts and bad window redraws.