I installed the following packages from the very first karmic versions of mesa, skipping the binaries from the mesa packages that were not already installed on my system:
I now have a very nice pattern if the notifier pops up, and the window decoration looks a bit strange, too. Redrawing of damaged areas is also a bit slow. But Blender does not crash!
The next task would be to find the version that makes Blender crash.
I can confirm that downgrading helps.
I installed the following packages from the very first karmic versions of mesa, skipping the binaries from the mesa packages that were not already installed on my system:
libgl1- mesa-dri_ 7.4-0ubuntu3_ i386.deb mesa-glx_ 7.4-0ubuntu3_ i386.deb mesa-glx- dbg_7.4- 0ubuntu3_ i386.deb mesa_7. 4-0ubuntu3_ i386.deb 7.4-0ubuntu3_ i386.deb
libgl1-
libgl1-
libglu1-
mesa-utils_
I now have a very nice pattern if the notifier pops up, and the window decoration looks a bit strange, too. Redrawing of damaged areas is also a bit slow. But Blender does not crash!
The next task would be to find the version that makes Blender crash.