[Intel-gfx] Intel graphics on Thinkpad T540p is most unsuable now :( (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600)

[Marc MERLIN]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 09:41:47AM +1100, Daniel Kasak wrote:
> I noticed hard lockups using chrome from a *long* way back. Various
> people have reported issues with Chrome running under Enlightenment,
> and the consensus ( IIRC ) was that Chrome was using its own libX11
> parts or something, and playing havoc with Enlightenment ( messing
> with focus policy, crashing, sometimes triggering hard lockups ). For
> both of these reasons, I stopped using Chrome. I've seen this
> behaviour on various Intel GPUs as well as a Radeon GPU ( eg AMD
> A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics ). While I feel your pain re:
> the lockups, and obviously an app shouldn't be able to lock up a
> stable system, I'd recommend not using Chrome ...

Well, those are very good guesses, thank you.
I did notice that chrome and enlightnement 0.19 and above don't mix.
(with 0.18 it works ok).
I am however using chrome 48.0.2564.48-1, and I didn't think about reverting
that.

With the agreement that chrome should not be able to cause the intel driver
to hang or crash, I'll downgrade back to 47 to see if that helps.

However, it'd be great if someone from intel could look at these problems
and hopefully fix them, since they are likely bugs in the driver that ought
to be fixed.

Thanks for the suggestions, I very much appreciate it.

Marc
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