Xorg freezes

walter harms wharms at bfs.de
Wed Dec 4 10:27:42 UTC 2019



Am 04.12.2019 07:11, schrieb Fabin Mundattil:
> I have Ubuntu 18 running Google Chrome. Google chrome freezes my machine. I
> figured it out that the hardware acceleration is the issue. From what I
> understand, something like this shouldn't freeze Xorg. I need to disable
> GLX, DRI2 and DRI3 in Xorg to fix the issue. I don't see any errors
> anywhere in logs either. Is this a bug in Xorg? Should I submit any more
> information?


Hi Fabin,
independent of everything:

The big problem for developers is replication, if the problem is not reproduceable
it is less likely that it can be fixed. So if you want to submit a problem report
take the seat of the developer and ask yourself: could you replicate the problem
with that information ? It helps a lot if you can reduce the number of libraries
needed etc.

just my 2 cents,

re,
 wh


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