i915 question

[gene heskett]

On Thursday, April 05, 2012 02:13:04 AM gene heskett did opine:

> Greetings;
> 
> I have a pair of small machines, ideal for running cnc machinery, that
> are Atom based with i915 video, on Intel D525MW motherboards.
> 
> I am having way more than I'd consider normal
> crashes/lockups/spontaneous reboots when closing applications.  These
> events leave no evidence in the logs, and generally consist of the
> screen going black with a frozen mouse cursor about 1 second after
> closing an app, needing (usually) a reset or power cycle to reboot.
> 
> I am getting the feeling that I ought to be pointing my finger at the
> i915 driver.  Is there any way to hang something on it that would
> confirm or deny that hunch?  Some sort of a watchdog timer perhaps?
> 
> Cheers, Gene

Anybody? Ping?

Cheers, Gene
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