[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.3.1

[Doug Larrick]

Jin, Gordon wrote:
> Doug Larrick wrote on Friday, May 16, 2008 8:12 PM:
>> Jin, Gordon wrote:
>>> Doug Larrick wrote on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:20 PM:
>>>> Zhenyu Wang wrote:
>>>>> Here's xf86-video-intel 2.3.1 release. Noteable fixes since 2.3.0
>>>>> are Eric's block handler patch fixes invalid ring flush in VT
>>>>> switch, and Jesse's cursor save/restore patch which greatly
>>>>> improves my 855GM's VT switch behavior.
>>>> On my 82G35 based motherboard (Asus P5E-VM), this version hangs with
>>>> garbage on the screen when I attempt to switch from X to virtual
>>>> console.  Kernel 2.6.24.7.  No response to ping nor Magic SysRq;
>>>> must power off.  Nothing in the logs.
>>> Does this happen with 2.3.0?
>> No, 2.3.0 is working fine.  I've tried isolating the change that
>> causes the hang, but with no success (limited hacking time this week).
>>
>> 2.3.1 works fine on my other system, which is 865G based (also an
>> Asus, P4P800-VM).
>>
>> The X server in both cases is Debian's 2:1.4.1~git20080507-1 .  I will
>> try to do some more testing this weekend, and file a bug either way.
> 
> Yes, filing a bug is fine.
> 
> Both 2.3.1 and git tip works fine on my G35 (Asus P5E-VM) with xserver
> git tip.
> 
> There're only few patches between 2.3.0 and 2.3.1, so if someone could
> narrow down to the culprit commit that'll be helpful.

For the record this appears to have been a build or Xserver
compatibility issue.  I have upgraded to a newer Debian package for
xserver-xorg-core (2:1.4.1~git20080517-1) and rebuilt the Intel driver,
and all is well once again.  Thanks for the assistance, and sorry for
the noise.

-Doug

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