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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #257894
  2. Comment #30

Comment 30 for bug 257894

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Sean Bridges (shizeon) wrote :

Hi All,
  I was successfull at running the Hardy version with both of these options set.
Just running with ForceEnablePipeA didn't work by itself.

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 Driver "intel"
 Option "ForceEnablePipeA" "true"
 Option "FramebufferCompression" "off"
EndSection

I ran with this config since my last post about 5 days ago and switched back and forth multiple times per day and it worked great.

Last night I bit the bullet and upgraded to Intrepid like Phil. So far I haven't lost VGA on the stock configuration. One thing I do see though is an occasional screen shift, almost like it loses sync for a millisecond. Hardy did this too, which was usually the precursor to losing VGA. The above xorg config on Hardy fixed both the screen shifting and the blank outs completely.

Now that I am on intrepid, I will try those backported intrepid drivers that Bryce posted and see what happens :)