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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #213191
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 213191

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Orestes Mas (orestes) wrote : Re: 855GME system freezes when switching to external monitor

Similar problem for me on a DELL latitude D620 with an integrated 945GM intel video card (devce ID 8086:27a2). I can only switch (Fn+F8) one or two times to an external monitor or beamer before system hangs completely.

I was desperated, but today, reading a lot of forum posts I tried to uninstall package xserver-xorg-video-intel (and also xserver-xorg-video-all, which is a reverse dependence), and after a X reboot xorg picked up the driver in xserver-xorg-video-i810 package and the hangups are gone!

Just so happy that I wanted to share my experience. Maybe it's useful to others.