Comment 17 for bug 554569

Hi,
Had the same problem with my new X201 (core i5), but managed to get a working 9.10 setup, that is everything including the eye-candy works, with these instructions:
http://www.linwik.com/wiki/using+the+intel+arrandale+intel+graphics+media+accelerator+hd+with+ubuntu+9.10

HTH