Comment 7 for bug 210339

i found a few bug reports with similar descriptions. im going to try hardy again, this time with their workaround. ill post whether or not it worked tomorrow.

Paul - do you have an intel-855gm chipset for your graphics? if so, this might be the solution for both of us.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/204603
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/225958
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/138256