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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #541492
  2. Comment #131

Comment 131 for bug 541492

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Aether (raymond-dick) wrote : Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

I think I have the same problem - for me X crashes and even restarting kdm doesn't fix it. Running linux image 2.6.32-22 on a Dell Inspiron mini 10v with an i915. Interestingly enough an Arch linux user reports a fix by starting X later in the boot process http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=94206

It sounds a lot like my issue but not sure how to try similar in ubuntu. I see the same things the Arch linux user does - it drops back to text on vty2 rather than vty7. I've tried the patch and I've tried turning off KMS, none of which help the issue.