Re: i915: hangcheck timer elapsed

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:43:00 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org wrote:

X is hung, but I can at least switch VT's and send this from a text terminal..

Yeah, the GPU is locked up; doesn't look like we did anything wrong in the kernel here; it's happily waiting for the GPU which isn't moving.

Presumably a bug in either the 2D driver or Mesa. I'm betting the 2D driver, and yes, I'm trying to fix this (by deleting code, which is always the best way).