[Intel-gfx] Google MapsGL causing X crashes on machines with Sandybridge graphics

[Keith Packard]

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:34:12 +0000 (UTC), Eric Appleman <erappleman at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's a known issue, but I've yet to find a comprehensive explanation for what's
> going on.

Appears to be caused by the Hi-Z code. No known solution at this
point, aside from disabling Hi-Z. Here's a script that I use to launch
google-earth with Hi-Z disabled (and enough core fonts to make the
broken Qt version included work):

#!/bin/sh
export INTEL_HIZ=0
MISCFONTS=/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc
if xset q | grep -q "$MISCFONTS"; then
	echo 'fonts already present'
else
	xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc
fi
/usr/bin/google-earth "$@"


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