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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #359392 (x-freeze-apr3)
  2. Comment #537

Comment 537 for bug 359392

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Thomas Foss (tafoxx) wrote : Re: [Bug 359392] Re: [i965] X freezes starting on April 3rd

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:59 PM, reini <email address hidden> wrote:

> Am Donnerstag 04 Juni 2009 schrieb ichudov:
> > On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 06:00:37PM -0000, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote:
> > > In this case, putting the old driver back in the distribution
> > > and starting to chose the right driver based on user's feedback
> > > until the too many intel issues are solved, would be mandatory.
> >
> > I tend to agree with you.
>
> I'd like to point out that I tried the old (i.e. intrepid) driver
> version (don't remember where I found it - it was somewhere in the
> ubuntu wiki AFAIR). It didn't change the freezing problem at all
> (made it worse if anything).
>
> So switching back to the old driver isn't really a very helpful
> suggestion...
>
> --reini

That's very odd... the problem definitely wasn't around in Intrepid, at
least for me.