Error message "(EE) intel(0): Failed to submit batch buffer, expect rendering corruption or even a frozen display: Resource deadlock avoided." The log fills with many copies of this message.

See thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156486
Google does not find this error message anywhere but in that one thread.

Symptom is that console or browser text windows lock up, go black, or text is overwritten when attempting to scroll back and forth with large windows, or "it appears immediately after using some fast-refreshing screen apps like mplayer2 or skype video." A reboot fixes it, for a while. It's apparently seen on Atom processors with low graphics performance. Motherboard is an Intel D510MO, the driver is i915.

My upgrades that showed this bug were:
upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.20.13-1 -> 2.20.18-1)
upgraded xorg-server (1.13.0-4 -> 1.13.1-1)
upgraded xorg-server-common (1.13.0-4 -> 1.13.1-1)
upgraded xorg-bdftopcf (1.0.3-2 -> 1.0.4-1)

One user who saw this said downgrading xf86 to 2.20.17 fixed it.


[paul@myhost log]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx DMI Bridge (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)