Comment 22 for bug 456902

(In reply to comment #9)
> Does anyone know which component can be reverted to avoid this problem (kernel,
> mesa, xf86-video-intel)? I'm going to be helping someone with i845 freezes, and
> I'll bisect if doing so turns out to be practical. But first it'd be helpful to
> know which component to start on.

I'm not certain of components that can be reverted to avoid the problem,
but here are some ideas:

It's usually not too hard to avoid running any 3D software, (just don't
run a 3D compositing manager like compiz (sometimes known as "desktop
effects or so in the configuration), and obviously don't run any 3D
games or what have you). If you still have problems that way, then
you don't need to worry about mesa.

That still leaves xf86-video-intel and the kernel. But just because you
can revert one and see the problem go away, doesn't necessarily mean that
you'll get a bisect down to a bug commit. For example, you might bisect
xf86-video-intel down to a commit of "start using the kernel driver for
feature <foo>".

So that's something to look out for.

But we definitely appreciate your willingness to investigate, and look forwar
to whatever further information you can provide.

-Carl