From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 5 20:20:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CA1106567B for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 20:20:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0168B8FC2A for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 20:20:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n45KK1fw022831 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 20:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n45KK1vu022830; Tue, 5 May 2009 20:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 20:20:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200905052020.n45KK1vu022830@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Vedant Kumar Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACC5A106566C for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 20:15:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AFB58FC17 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 20:15:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n45KFlkB080791 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 20:15:47 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n45KFl8l080790; Tue, 5 May 2009 20:15:47 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200905052015.n45KFl8l080790@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 20:15:47 GMT From: Vedant Kumar To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: i386/134244: "intel" driver for Xorg is very broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 20:20:02 -0000 >Number: 134244 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: "intel" driver for Xorg is very broken >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 05 20:20:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Vedant Kumar >Release: 8.0 Current >Organization: none >Environment: FreeBsd vk.192.168.1.1 8.0-CURRENT-200902 FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT-200902 #0: Sat Feb 21 05:58:23 UTC 2009 root@almedia.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC >Description: The "intel" driver for Xorg has a history of bad performance, but recently it has been completely broken. Here is a summary of the issue: * when issuing "startx" on machines with an intel graphics card, Xorg briefly launches and then immediately freezes the system (tested with and without a xorg.conf file) This issue has been plaguing Linux distributions for a while, though I don't know about the status of this in the -RELEASE FreeBSD (7.2). I submitted the original bug report on this on the ArchLinux bug tracker, and we have determined that it is not a problem with the Linux kernel (obvious: it is reproducible on FreeBSD) or with other hardware. Our fix was to downgrade the driver to the last working version - and everything is back to normal. >How-To-Repeat: Issue "startx" on a machine with an intel graphics card, on FreeBSD 8.0 CURRENT. >Fix: I think that the best solution is the ArchLinux solution. They created two packages; xf86-video-intel and xf86-video-intel-legacy. The idea is that xf86-video-intel will constantly be upgraded as patches come in, but until it is fixed, users can be happy with xf86-video-intel-legacy (which will never change). >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: