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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #681054
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 681054

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote : Re: screen repeatedly goes black for a fraction of a second

If you do rule out a client app, or otherwise want to continue exploring it as an X issue specifically, here's the next step.

We're going to be moving natty to its new X stack within the next week or two. Currently this stack is available in xorg-edgers, and should match almost exactly what will soon be in natty.

I'd like to have you attempt to reproduce your issue with this new stack. If it still occurs with that stack, we can then take the the bug upstream, or approach the kernel team or other appropriate groups about it.

The PPA is available at: https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa

Here's a simple way to install:
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade

Then reboot your system to get to the new bits.

If you want to go back to stock Ubuntu, there is a corresponding ppa-purge tool:
  sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade