Re: Xorg and Intel GMA

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

idleroux%fastmail.fm@localhost ("Ian D. Leroux") writes:

>On Thu, May 31, 2012, at 08:39, curzon dax wrote:
>> Compiling modular Xorg with either VESA or Intel causes the computer
>> to crash, after which I have to do a hard reset.

>Does *compiling* Xorg cause a crash, or does *running* the compiled
>modular Xorg cause a crash?  What hardware?  Can you describe "crash" in
>more detail?  Is there still disk activity, can you log into the machine
>remotely ... (i.e. is this a kernel panic, a display problem ...)?  Have
>you tried the native Xorg as opposed to the one in pkgsrc?

The symptom here (with vesa driver, when exiting X) is that the display
is turned off and 'bleeds' to something greyish. The computer itself is fine.

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