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Old 02-02-2015, 09:27 AM   #1
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GPU responsible for Iceweasel crashing on Wheezy, Movieplayer errors?

Hi!
My Iceweasel keeps crashing. Movieplayer has oversaturated colors and occasionally goes black and can only be recovered by rebooting. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas about this, and whether it could make sense to install an old xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.21.15-2 from backports.

This is what Iceweasel's about:support has to say:

Graphics
Adapter Description Tungsten Graphics, Inc -- Mesa DRI Intel(R) 852GM/855GM x86/MMX/SSE2
Device ID Mesa DRI Intel(R) 852GM/855GM x86/MMX/SSE2
Driver Version 1.3 Mesa 8.0.5
GPU Accelerated Windows 0/1 Basic Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.
Vendor ID Tungsten Graphics, Inc
WebGL Renderer Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.



And the error log mentions Xorg and a hung GPU:

kernel: Chrome_ChildThr[17885]: segfault at 0 ip b359b2cc sp b12fba40 error 6 in libmozalloc.so[b359a000+2000]
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x49)
[mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to a culprit higher up the stack.
[mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause. It is a victim.
[mi] This may be caused my a misbehaving driver monopolizing the server's resources.
(EE) intel(0): Detected a hung GPU, disabling acceleration.
(EE) intel(0): When reporting this, please include i915_error_state from debugfs and the full dmesg.

RAM:
MemTest has completed and shown no errors multiple times of 1.25 GB RAM.



Final Note: One part of the logs I do not understand at all is what causes:

kernel: Chrome_ChildThr[17885]: segfault at 0 ip b359b2cc sp b12fba40 error 6 in libmozalloc.so[b359a000+2000]
 
Old 02-02-2015, 05:12 PM   #2
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Let's just consider one problem per thread. That way the forum search function will handle things better for folks in the future.

What is causing Iceweasel to crash?

Open your terminal and, as user;
Code:
killall iceweasel
This will shut the bugger down. Then at the next prompt;
Code:
iceweasel
This will open iceweasel and may right then show some errors. Run IW as normal. When it crashes you will have the output of the IW session errors in your terminal.
 
Old 02-03-2015, 07:58 AM   #3
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Shell output upon iceweasel crash
OK, I get the following shell output upon Iceweasel crash:


[10725] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /build/iceweasel-uuIkVA/iceweasel-31.4.0esr/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 1533
Segmentation fault
 
Old 02-03-2015, 06:45 PM   #4
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Did you try a full upgrade to backports or just 1 package? backports is only meant to be use to install certain packages.
 
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Did you try a full upgrade to backports or just 1 package? backports is only meant to be use to install certain packages.

Hi there!
I haven't done either one yet, as I am still looking for advice. I suspect more and more that the problem is my GPU, an Intel 855 which apparently has incompatibilities with modern Debian. I hold on to hope that there might be an easier way to fix that with just a driver or something.
 
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Have you installed the firmware-linux-nonfree package
 
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Have you installed the firmware-linux-nonfree package
Hi! I looked that up and it seems that the package does not contain GPU drivers :-( just Ethernet etc. Am I wrong about that?
 
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Don't know how you look things up but "apt-cache show firmware-linux-nonfree" shows a bit more result than that;
Code:
Description-en: Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
 This package contains the binary firmware for  various drivers in the
 Linux kernel.  This is a collection of firmware blobs which are not
 individually large enough to warrant a standalone package.
 .
 Contents:
  * 3Com Typhoon firmware, version 03.001.008 (3com/typhoon.bin)
  * AdvanSys ASC-3550 firmware (advansys/3550.bin)
  * AdvanSys ASC-38C0800 firmware (advansys/38C0800.bin)
  * AdvanSys ASC-38C1600 firmware (advansys/38C1600.bin)
  * AdvanSys SCSI controller microcode (advansys/mcode.bin)
  * Agere/Prism/Symbol Orinoco firmware (AP mode), version 9.48 Hermes I
    (agere_ap_fw.bin)
  * Agere/Prism/Symbol Orinoco firmware (STA mode), version 9.48 Hermes
    I (agere_sta_fw.bin)
  * Chelsio T3 optical EDC firmware (AEL2005 PHY)
    (cxgb3/ael2005_opt_edc.bin)
  * Chelsio T3 twinax EDC firmware (AEL2005 PHY)
    (cxgb3/ael2005_twx_edc.bin)
  * Chelsio T3 twinax EDC firmware (AEL2020 PHY)
    (cxgb3/ael2020_twx_edc.bin)
  * Chelsio T3B protocol engine firmware, version 1.1.0
    (cxgb3/t3b_psram-1.1.0.bin)
  * Chelsio T3C protocol engine firmware, version 1.1.0
    (cxgb3/t3c_psram-1.1.0.bin)
  * Chelsio T3 main firmware, version 7.4.0 (cxgb3/t3fw-7.4.0.bin)
  * Chelsio T3 main firmware, version 7.10.0 (cxgb3/t3fw-7.10.0.bin)
  * Chelsio T3 main firmware, version 7.12.0 (cxgb3/t3fw-7.12.0.bin)
  * Chelsio T4 firmware, version 1.9.23.0 (cxgb4/t4fw-1.9.23.0.bin,
    cxgb4/t4fw.bin)
  * Chelsio T5 firmware, version 1.9.23.0 (cxgb4/t5fw-1.9.23.0.bin,
    cxgb4/t5fw.bin)
  * DAB-USB FPGA bitfile (dabusb/bitstream.bin)
  * DAB-USB firmware (dabusb/firmware.fw)
  * Xceive 5000 tuner firmware, version 1.6.114
    (dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw)
  * DiBcom dib0700 USB DVB bridge firmware, version 1.20
    (dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw)
  * Intel 82559 D101M microcode (e100/d101m_ucode.bin)
  * Intel 82559 D101S microcode (e100/d101s_ucode.bin)
  * Intel 82551-F and 82551-10 microcode (e100/d102e_ucode.bin)
  * ENE UB6250 MS Pro read/write firmware (ene-ub6250/msp_rdwr.bin)
  * ENE UB6250 MS init firmware (ene-ub6250/ms_init.bin)
  * ENE UB6250 MS read/write firmware (ene-ub6250/ms_rdwr.bin)
  * ENE UB6250 SD init stage 1 firmware (ene-ub6250/sd_init1.bin)
  * ENE UB6250 SD init stage 2 firmware (ene-ub6250/sd_init2.bin)
  * ENE UB6250 SD read/write firmware (ene-ub6250/sd_rdwr.bin)
  * kaweth/new_code.bin
  * kaweth/new_code_fix.bin
  * kaweth/trigger_code.bin
  * kaweth/trigger_code_fix.bin
  * Matrox G200 WARP engine microcode (matrox/g200_warp.fw)
  * Matrox G400/G550 WARP engine microcode (matrox/g400_warp.fw)
  * Multi-Tech USB CDMA modem firmware (mts_cdma.fw)
  * Multi-Tech USB EDGE modem firmware (mts_edge.fw)
  * Multi-Tech USB GPRS modem firmware (mts_gsm.fw)
  * Rage 128 CCE microcode (r128/r128_cce.bin)
  * Radeon HD IGP 7500/7600 series ME microcode (radeon/ARUBA_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD IGP 7500/7600 series PFP microcode (radeon/ARUBA_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD IGP 7500/7600 series RLC microcode (radeon/ARUBA_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6800 series MC microcode (radeon/BARTS_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6800 series ME microcode (radeon/BARTS_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6800 series PFP microcode (radeon/BARTS_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6800 series SMC microcode (radeon/BARTS_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950 CE microcode (radeon/BONAIRE_ce.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950 MC microcode, version 1
    (radeon/BONAIRE_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950 MC microcode, version 2
    (radeon/BONAIRE_mc2.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950 ME microcode (radeon/BONAIRE_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950 MEC microcode (radeon/BONAIRE_mec.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950 PFP microcode (radeon/BONAIRE_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950 RLC microcode (radeon/BONAIRE_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950 SDMA microcode (radeon/BONAIRE_sdma.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950 series SMC microcode
    (radeon/BONAIRE_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7790/8770/8950, 8100/8200/8300/8400 series, and
    "Mullins"/"Beema" IGP UVD microcode (radeon/BONAIRE_uvd.bin)
  * Radeon HD VCE microcode (radeon/BONAIRE_vce.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6300/6500/6800 series RLC microcode (radeon/BTC_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6300 series MC microcode (radeon/CAICOS_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6300 series ME microcode (radeon/CAICOS_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6300 series PFP microcode (radeon/CAICOS_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6300 series SMC microcode (radeon/CAICOS_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6900 series MC microcode (radeon/CAYMAN_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6900 series ME microcode (radeon/CAYMAN_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6900 series PFP microcode (radeon/CAYMAN_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6900 series RLC microcode (radeon/CAYMAN_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6900 series SMC microcode (radeon/CAYMAN_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5400 series ME microcode (radeon/CEDAR_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5400 series PFP microcode (radeon/CEDAR_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5400 series RLC microcode (radeon/CEDAR_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5400 series SMC microcode (radeon/CEDAR_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5800/5900 series ME microcode (radeon/CYPRESS_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5800/5900 series PFP microcode (radeon/CYPRESS_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5800/5900 series RLC microcode (radeon/CYPRESS_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5800/5900 series SMC microcode (radeon/CYPRESS_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5x00 series UVD microcode (radeon/CYPRESS_uvd.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500M series and R5 M200 CE microcode
    (radeon/HAINAN_ce.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500M series and R5 M200 MC microcode, version 1
    (radeon/HAINAN_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500M series and R5 M200 MC microcode, version 2
    (radeon/HAINAN_mc2.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500M series and R5 M200 ME microcode
    (radeon/HAINAN_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500M series and R5 M200 PFP microcode
    (radeon/HAINAN_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500M series and R5 M200 RLC microcode
    (radeon/HAINAN_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500M series and R5 M200 SMC microcode
    (radeon/HAINAN_smc.bin)
  * Radeon R9 290 series CE microcode (radeon/HAWAII_ce.bin)
  * Radeon R9 290 series MC microcode, version 1 (radeon/HAWAII_mc.bin)
  * Radeon R9 290 series MC microcode, version 2 (radeon/HAWAII_mc2.bin)
  * Radeon R9 290 series ME microcode (radeon/HAWAII_me.bin)
  * Radeon R9 290 series MEC microcode (radeon/HAWAII_mec.bin)
  * Radeon R9 290 series PFP microcode (radeon/HAWAII_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon R9 290 series RLC microcode (radeon/HAWAII_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon R9 290 series SDMA microcode (radeon/HAWAII_sdma.bin)
  * Radeon R9 290 series SMC microcode (radeon/HAWAII_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5700 series ME microcode (radeon/JUNIPER_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5700 series PFP microcode (radeon/JUNIPER_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5700 series RLC microcode (radeon/JUNIPER_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5700 series SMC microcode (radeon/JUNIPER_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8100/8200/8300/8400 series CE microcode
    (radeon/KABINI_ce.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8100/8200/8300/8400 series ME microcode
    (radeon/KABINI_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8100/8200/8300/8400 series MEC microcode
    (radeon/KABINI_mec.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8100/8200/8300/8400 series PFP microcode
    (radeon/KABINI_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8100/8200/8300/8400 series RLC microcode
    (radeon/KABINI_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8100/8200/8300/8400 series SDMA microcode
    (radeon/KABINI_sdma.bin)
  * Radeon R5/R7 IGP 200 series CE microcode (radeon/KAVERI_ce.bin)
  * Radeon R5/R7 IGP 200 series ME microcode (radeon/KAVERI_me.bin)
  * Radeon R5/R7 IGP 200 series MEC microcode (radeon/KAVERI_mec.bin)
  * Radeon R5/R7 IGP 200 series PFP microcode (radeon/KAVERI_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon R5/R7 IGP 200 series RLC microcode (radeon/KAVERI_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon R5/R7 IGP 200 series SDMA microcode (radeon/KAVERI_sdma.bin)
  * Radeon "Mullins"/"Beema" IGP CE microcode (radeon/MULLINS_ce.bin)
  * Radeon "Mullins"/"Beema" IGP ME microcode (radeon/MULLINS_me.bin)
  * Radeon "Mullins"/"Beema" IGP MEC microcode (radeon/MULLINS_mec.bin)
  * Radeon "Mullins"/"Beema" IGP PFP microcode (radeon/MULLINS_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon "Mullins"/"Beema" IGP RLC microcode (radeon/MULLINS_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon "Mullins"/"Beema" IGP SDMA microcode
    (radeon/MULLINS_sdma.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500/8600/8700 series CE microcode (radeon/OLAND_ce.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500/8600/8700 series MC microcode, version 1
    (radeon/OLAND_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500/8600/8700 series MC microcode, version 2
    (radeon/OLAND_mc2.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500/8600/8700 series ME microcode (radeon/OLAND_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500/8600/8700 series PFP microcode (radeon/OLAND_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500/8600/8700 series RLC microcode (radeon/OLAND_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 8500/8600/8700 series SMC microcode (radeon/OLAND_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD IGP 6200/6300/7300 series ME microcode
    (radeon/PALM_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD IGP 6200/6300/7300 series PFP microcode
    (radeon/PALM_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7800 series CE microcode (radeon/PITCAIRN_ce.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7800 series MC microcode, version 1
    (radeon/PITCAIRN_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7800 series MC microcode, version 2
    (radeon/PITCAIRN_mc2.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7800 series ME microcode (radeon/PITCAIRN_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7800 series PFP microcode (radeon/PITCAIRN_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7800 series RLC microcode (radeon/PITCAIRN_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7800 series SMC microcode (radeon/PITCAIRN_smc.bin)
  * Radeon R100-family CP microcode (radeon/R100_cp.bin)
  * Radeon R200-family CP microcode (radeon/R200_cp.bin)
  * Radeon R300-family CP microcode (radeon/R300_cp.bin)
  * Radeon R400-family CP microcode (radeon/R420_cp.bin)
  * Radeon R500-family CP microcode (radeon/R520_cp.bin)
  * Radeon R600 ME microcode (radeon/R600_me.bin)
  * Radeon R600 PFP microcode (radeon/R600_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon R600-family RLC microcode (radeon/R600_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon R700-family RLC microcode (radeon/R700_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5500/5600 series ME microcode (radeon/REDWOOD_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5500/5600 series PFP microcode (radeon/REDWOOD_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5500/5600 series RLC microcode (radeon/REDWOOD_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 5500/5600 series SMC microcode (radeon/REDWOOD_smc.bin)
  * Radeon RS600 CP microcode (radeon/RS600_cp.bin)
  * Radeon RS690 CP microcode (radeon/RS690_cp.bin)
  * Radeon RS780 ME microcode (radeon/RS780_me.bin)
  * Radeon RS780 PFP microcode (radeon/RS780_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon RV610 ME microcode (radeon/RV610_me.bin)
  * Radeon RV610 PFP microcode (radeon/RV610_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon RV620 ME microcode (radeon/RV620_me.bin)
  * Radeon RV620 PFP microcode (radeon/RV620_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon RV630 ME microcode (radeon/RV630_me.bin)
  * Radeon RV630 PFP microcode (radeon/RV630_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon RV635 ME microcode (radeon/RV635_me.bin)
  * Radeon RV635 PFP microcode (radeon/RV635_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon RV670 ME microcode (radeon/RV670_me.bin)
  * Radeon RV670 PFP microcode (radeon/RV670_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon RV710 ME microcode (radeon/RV710_me.bin)
  * Radeon RV710 PFP microcode (radeon/RV710_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon RV710 SMC microcode (radeon/RV710_smc.bin)
  * Radeon RV710/RV730/RV740 UVD microcode (radeon/RV710_uvd.bin)
  * Radeon RV730/RV740 ME microcode (radeon/RV730_me.bin)
  * Radeon RV730/RV740 PFP microcode (radeon/RV730_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon RV730 SMC microcode (radeon/RV730_smc.bin)
  * Radeon RV740 SMC microcode (radeon/RV740_smc.bin)
  * Radeon RV770 ME microcode (radeon/RV770_me.bin)
  * Radeon RV770 PFP microcode (radeon/RV770_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon RV770 SMC microcode (radeon/RV770_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD IGP 6400/6500/6600 series ME microcode
    (radeon/SUMO_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD IGP 6400/6500/6600 series PFP microcode
    (radeon/SUMO_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD IGP 6200/6300/6400/6500/6600/7300 series RLC microcode
    (radeon/SUMO_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6x00/7500 series and IGP 6x00/7300 series UVD microcode
    (radeon/SUMO_uvd.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6370D/6380G/6410D ME microcode (radeon/SUMO2_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6370D/6380G/6410D PFP microcode (radeon/SUMO2_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7900 series CE microcode (radeon/TAHITI_ce.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7900 series MC microcode, version 1 (radeon/TAHITI_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7900 series MC microcode, version 2
    (radeon/TAHITI_mc2.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7900 series ME microcode (radeon/TAHITI_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7900 series PFP microcode (radeon/TAHITI_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7900 series RLC microcode (radeon/TAHITI_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7900 series SMC microcode (radeon/TAHITI_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7900 series UVD microcode (radeon/TAHITI_uvd.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6500/6600/7500 series MC microcode (radeon/TURKS_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6500/6600/7500 series ME microcode (radeon/TURKS_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6500/6600/7500 series PFP microcode (radeon/TURKS_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 6500/6600/7500 series SMC microcode (radeon/TURKS_smc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7700 series CE microcode (radeon/VERDE_ce.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7700 series MC microcode, version 1 (radeon/VERDE_mc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7700 series MC microcode, version 2 (radeon/VERDE_mc2.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7700 series ME microcode (radeon/VERDE_me.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7700 series PFP microcode (radeon/VERDE_pfp.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7700 series RLC microcode (radeon/VERDE_rlc.bin)
  * Radeon HD 7700 series SMC microcode (radeon/VERDE_smc.bin)
  * Tehuti network card firmware (tehuti/bdx.bin)
  * Broadcom BCM5703/BCM5704 TSO firmware (tigon/tg3_tso.bin)
  * Broadcom BCM5701A0 firmware (tigon/tg3.bin)
  * Broadcom BCM5705 TSO firmware (tigon/tg3_tso5.bin)
  * Broadcom BCM57766 firmware (tigon/tg357766.bin)
  * Conexant CX231xx core firmware (v4l-cx231xx-avcore-01.fw)
  * Conexant CX23418 APU firmware (v4l-cx23418-apu.fw)
  * Conexant CX23418 CPU firmware (v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw)
  * Conexant CX23418 ADEC firmware (v4l-cx23418-dig.fw)
  * Conexant CX25840 firmware (v4l-cx25840.fw)
  * Conexant CX23885 core firmware (v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw)
  * VIA VT6656 firmware (vntwusb.fw)
This is actually firmware that comes with the kernel and is removed by Debian for their default kernel because they do not meet the standard for "free" as defined by the Free Software Foundation and Debian. This is why it is called non-free.

I use the free driver for my radeon video card but it works a lot better with the microcode added. On my old box I had to install it from the tty prompt to be able to boot to a gui desktop.

Magea does the same thing and unless you use the default (non live) install DVD. When I first installed it I needed the same package from their sources and figuring out how to do it with urpmi instead of apt-get or aptitude was a bugger. Since then they have compromised and put a function in their installer, used only on that DVD, that will detect if you need it or not and offer to install it.

The reason distros remove this stuff is because a lot of GNU/Linux users really object to non free content in their installs. I prefer only free content myself but my hardware disagrees. I should add, before the true purests point this out, that I did choose to put in the Radeon card I use when I could have stuck with the integrated Intel graphics on the MB.
 
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[QUOTE=widget;5315201]Don't know how you look things up but "apt-cache show firmware-linux-nonfree" shows a bit more result than that;

* Intel 82559 D101M microcode (e100/d101m_ucode.bin)
* Intel 82559 D101S microcode (e100/d101s_ucode.bin)
* Intel 82551-F and 82551-10 microcode (e100/d102e_ucode.bin)


Hi again! Yeah, I saw that list but the only Intel items were 3 Ethernet drivers. I'll install it anyway now, since my last crash was 20 minutes ago, resulting in the familiar:

Feb 11 22:05:46 d kernel: [39072.488075] Chrome_ChildThr[8161]: segfault at 0 ip b36332cc sp b13fba40 error 6 in libmozalloc.so[b3632000+2000]
 
  


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