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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #233896
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 233896

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HonestMistake (dj-ubntl) wrote : Re: Ubuntu Hardy crashes while launching totem

I had the same problem when opening various multimedia files in different players like Totem or VLC.

For those of you who have an Intel graphics chip, bug #220019 might point to the culprit and a workaround: The intel graphics driver used in Hardy has a bug that causes these exact symptoms. You can confirm if this is the cause by looking into /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old after a crash has occured; if you find the following lines, the X server has crashed:

  Fatal server error:
  Caught signal 11. Server aborting

Bug report #220019 also describes a workaround: Installing the newer driver version 2.3.1 from the Debian unstable repositories. I still have to do some more checks but it seems to resolve the problem on my Dell Inspiron 6400 with Intel 915 graphics.