Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #528467
  2. Comment #46

Comment 46 for bug 528467

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Warren E. Downs (vwdowns) wrote :

The goal of a re-integrated legacy driver for Intel cards is great. Unfortunately, so far it doesn't work with my card (lspci output):
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
With KMS remaining enabled (the default for my card and kernel 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP) the system appears to work but X crashes quite easily e.g. when un-minimizing the Google Chrome browser, or starting synaptic.

Disabling KMS seemed like the way to go. When I did that, it did revert to behavior I remembered from Kubuntu 9.04 or 9.10 (strange flickering upon startup of KDE). But the computer hard-locked X during the KDE startup, before the desktop appeared. It is not actually freezing the computer, as if I switch away from X before it locks, I can login at the console. (Which I did in order to recover).

So now, I am back to the original default Kubuntu 10.04 xorg, which works for me for days at a time, but then will hard-freeze.

Warren