On Saturday 30 Jun 2012, Benjie Gillam wrote:
> The newest Macs Airs are apparently suffering from this (or a similar) bug
> too - it's something to do with a Chrome graphics leak and the Intel
> drivers. (If this is related, which it sounds like it might be.)
Someone else twitter to me the same. Must be how Chrome hooks into the
graphics system for the openGL that causes the problem in the kernel.
> http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/google_chrome_crashes_on_macbook_air
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> On 30 Jun 2012, at 12:57, "Dr A. J. Trickett" <adam.trickett@???>
wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Has anyone else noticed that Google Chrome (release) can cause a kernel
> > oops and pretty much bring a box down?
> >
> > My dad's box crashed on him this week and running Google Chrome now
> > causes an oops and X grinds to a halt and eventually the box needs a
> > cold restart. He has an Intel i915 graphics driver loaded when the oops
> > happens.
> >
> > Iceweasel is perfectly okay.
> >
> > A quick Google suggests that the sandboxing may be an issue, but starting
> > it with sandbox disabled prevents a crash but then Chrome just sits
> > around doing nothing at all.
> >
> > I've told him to use Iceweasel until further notice. I'll keep an eye on
> > the updated and see if one fixes it.
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