[ltp] X22 GL perfomance? [SOLVED!]

[Richard Neill]

> 
> Since you've got an X22 there - here's an experiment.  (Close all
> valuable programs while trying this!)  Open up an xterm run glxgears.
> Open up Celestia and run its demo mode - letting it run alongside the
> glxgears.  This trick would cause the machine to lock up when I used the
> X22, and I'm curious to see if the bug's still around in the later
> xorgs.  Sometimes the X22 would make it through the demo once, but a
> second run of the demo alongside a running glxgears window would kill
> it.
> 
> Another way to do the same thing is to start up about four glxgears
> windows, then resize them a few times and move them around.  Usually,
> the machine would hang within a few minutes.
> 

Yes - it still hangs. Complete lockup - not even responsive to SysRq.

Further investigation:

  Just 4x glxgears complete with moves/resize is OK. It ran for hours 
without trouble.

  Just celestia - seems OK

Celestia + 1x glxgears = instant crash. Kernel didn't even manage to panic!


Richard