Comment 6 for bug 860728

I resolve this issue completely by installing 3.0.0.12 kernel from
kernel ppa and enabling KMS in Lucid

On 10/26/11, Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi Abdul, unfortunately we're no longer providing development support
> for i845 in Ubuntu for Oneiric. Ubuntu may still function on this
> graphics card, but we're not backporting patches or investigating bugs,
> except for really trivial/simple things. Instead, we recommend that you
> bring the issues directly to upstream at bugs.freedesktop.org.
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/860728
>
> Title:
> Xorg freeze in i845
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu:
> Won't Fix
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> gpu lockup in i845
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
> .tmp.unity.support.test.1:
>
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: i386
> CasperVersion: 1.284
> CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
> CompositorRunning: None
> Date: Tue Sep 27 16:42:56 2011
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: oneiric
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> ExtraDebuggingInterest: I just need an easy workaround
> GpuHangFrequency: Several times a day
> GpuHangReproducibility: Occurs more often under certain circumstances
> GpuHangStarted: Immediately after installing this version of Ubuntu
> GraphicsCard:
> Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics
> Device [8086:2562] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:174b]
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent
> file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet
> splash --
> SourcePackage: xorg
> Symptom: display
> Title: Xorg freeze
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 09/12/2003
> dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
> dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
> dmi.board.name: i845G/GV/GE/GL/PE-W83627X
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd09/12/2003:svn:pni845G/GV/GE/GL/PE-W83627X:pvr:rvn:rni845G/GV/GE/GL/PE-W83627X:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: i845G/GV/GE/GL/PE-W83627X
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr2803-0ubuntu5
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1
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