Comment 38 for bug 275152

Bryce,, how is it confirmed as being fixed when there are still so
many reports of it not working?

is there a manual method to fix this issue?

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Omar Samad

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Bryce Harrington
<email address hidden> wrote:
> >From the upstream bug it sounds like this is considered fixed as of
> 2.6.99.903.
>
> @Chris Jones, feel free to reopen this bug (and the upstream bug) if it
> still occurs in Karmic.
>
> @everyone else, if you're still seeing the behavior, please file a new
> bug.
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Triaged => Fix Released
>
> --
> [g45] Screen flicker/resync on X4500HD
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275152
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> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in X.Org X server: Fix Released
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
>
> I have a Gigabyte GA-EG45M-DS2H (i.e. G45 graphics chip) and something about the Intel xorg driver is getting the chip very confused.
>
> The board is connected to a Sony bravia KDL-40V3000 TV via HDMI (but the same problem exists when using the DVI port and a  DVI->HDMI cable)
>
> I see very frequent dropouts of the signal. The screen blanks briefly and comes back, with the TV then displaying the name of the input (it happens to be AV4) and the resolution (1080p).
>
> Once this has happened, rebooting shows the problem persisting in the BIOS. This originally made me think the problem was in hardware.
>
> However, booting Windows XP with the appropriate Intel drivers there produces a rock solid picture that never produces this resync. It's only when Windows switches into its full graphical environment that it happens, which suggests that their driver is programming the chip in a more correct way.
>