Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #477256
  2. Comment #48

Comment 48 for bug 477256

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Jane Atkinson (irihapeti) wrote :

I've been testing with Xubuntu,
ubuntu kernel version 2.6.32-11
libdrm2 version 2.4.17+git20100120
xserver-xorg-video-intel version 2:2.10.0+git20100120

The first test was after installing xubuntu-desktop metapackage, but leaving all my other stuff installed.

Uptime was 6.5 hours with no freezes. I even turned on Xubuntu's window compositor to see if that would make a difference, and nothing happened.

Not being sure that something I'd previously installed was affecting the results, I did a fresh install of Xubuntu and ran another test.

Same result. Uptime of nearly 4.5 hours, including some use of the window compositor, and no freeze.

I am noticing some visual artifacts: occasional streaking (white background with pixellated colour) and bits being left out of type. I've attached a small screenshot of the latter.

Interestingly, the letter affected varies from instance to instance, but when it happens, the same letter is affected universally throughout the page. Often, a screen refresh or scrolling up and down will fix it.

I think that the xorg-edgers drivers may be heavier on RAM than the standard ones.