Comment 12 for bug 359392

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote : Re: [i965] X freezes with or without desktop effects

2009-04-03 23:32:25 upgrade libgl1-mesa-dri 7.3-1ubuntu4 7.4-0ubuntu1
2009-04-03 23:32:25 status half-configured libgl1-mesa-dri 7.3-1ubuntu4
2009-04-03 23:32:25 status unpacked libgl1-mesa-dri 7.3-1ubuntu4
2009-04-03 23:32:25 status half-installed libgl1-mesa-dri 7.3-1ubuntu4
2009-04-03 23:32:26 status half-installed libgl1-mesa-dri 7.3-1ubuntu4
2009-04-03 23:32:27 status unpacked libgl1-mesa-dri 7.4-0ubuntu1
2009-04-03 23:32:27 status unpacked libgl1-mesa-dri 7.4-0ubuntu1
2009-04-03 23:32:27 upgrade libgl1-mesa-glx 7.3-1ubuntu4 7.4-0ubuntu1
2009-04-03 23:32:27 status half-configured libgl1-mesa-glx 7.3-1ubuntu4
2009-04-03 23:32:27 status unpacked libgl1-mesa-glx 7.3-1ubuntu4
2009-04-03 23:32:27 status half-installed libgl1-mesa-glx 7.3-1ubuntu4
2009-04-03 23:32:27 status half-installed libgl1-mesa-glx 7.3-1ubuntu4
2009-04-03 23:32:27 status unpacked libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4-0ubuntu1
2009-04-03 23:32:27 status unpacked libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4-0ubuntu1

Bingo.

On my i965 system, after reproducing the freezes yesterday, I downgraded to mesa 7.3 (and nothing else), left it running overnight, and have seen no freezes since.

To confirm, please downgrade these packages; you may still have them in your /var/cache/apt/archives/, else you can get them off packages.ubuntu.com.

If my theory is correct, you'll have no further freezes after installing these packages.