Xorg 1.5/Intel 2.5 causing full-screen apps to lock out X

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drseergio · Post by **drseergio** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:39 am

I have recently upgraded to Intel video drivers 2.5 and Xorg server version 1.5 mostly because I need EXA so that I can watch movies while running compiz (since XVideo cannot work simultaneously with compiz using XAA). The problem is that any application when switched to a full-screen mode cause the X to freeze. I can move the pointer but nothing happens, keyboard is disabled and the only thing I can do is pressing the power switch. xscreensaver would also cause the computer to hang...

This is my xorg.conf:

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# common

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load		"glx"
	Load		"extmod"
	Load		"xtrap"
	Load		"record"
	Load		"GLcore"
	Load		"dbe"
	Load		"dri"
	Load		"freetype"
	Load		"synaptics"

	SubSection	"extmod"
		Option	"omit xfree86-dga"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

# the master

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"benq layout"
	Screen		"screen0"
	InputDevice	"Touchpad"	"CorePointer"
	Option		"AIGLX"		"on"
EndSection

# input devices

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Touchpad"
	Driver		"synaptics"
	Option		"Protocol"	"auto-dev"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons" "false"
	Option		"VertScrollDelta" "100"
	Option		"HorizScrollDelta" "100"
	Option		"MinSpeed"	"0.09"
	Option		"MaxSpeed"	"0.22"
	Option		"AccelFactor"	"0.0017"
	Option		"MaxTapTime"	"0"
	Option		"SHMConfig"	"on"
EndSection

# video devices

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"915a"
	Driver		"intel"
	BusID		"0:2:0"
	VendorName	"Intel"
	Option		"XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
	Option		"AccelMethod"		"EXA"
	Screen		0
EndSection

# output devices

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"benqscreen0"
	Option		"DPMS" "true"
	Modeline	"1280x768" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795
EndSection

# screens

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"screen0"
	Device		"915a"
	Monitor		"benqscreen0"
	DefaultDepth	24

	Subsection "Display"
		Depth	24
		Modes	"1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600"
	EndSubsection
EndSection

# extra

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option 		"BlankTime"	"10"
	Option		"StandbyTime"	"15"
	Option		"SuspendTime"	"25"
	Option		"OffTime"	"30"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode		0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option		"Composite"	"Enable"
	Option		"RENDER"	"Enable"
EndSection

Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions besides going back to Xorg 1.4 & Intel 2.4?

manny15 · Post by **manny15** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:09 am

On my system, Xorg locks up completely when using x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.5.x. It won't start at all. xf86-video-intel-2.4.2 works most of the time, but it still has it's occasional lock ups. My temp solution is not to upgrade to 1.5.