I resolve this issue completely by installing 3.0.0.12 kernel from
kernel ppa and enabling KMS in Lucid

On 10/26/11, Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi Abdul, unfortunately we're no longer providing development support
> for i845 in Ubuntu for Oneiric.  Ubuntu may still function on this
> graphics card, but we're not backporting patches or investigating bugs,
> except for really trivial/simple things.  Instead, we recommend that you
> bring the issues directly to upstream at bugs.freedesktop.org.
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/860728
>
> Title:
>   Xorg freeze in i845
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu:
>   Won't Fix
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   gpu lockup in i845
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>   Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
>   Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
>   .tmp.unity.support.test.1:
>
>   ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
>   Architecture: i386
>   CasperVersion: 1.284
>   CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
>   CompositorRunning: None
>   Date: Tue Sep 27 16:42:56 2011
>   DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>   DistroCodename: oneiric
>   DistroVariant: ubuntu
>   ExtraDebuggingInterest: I just need an easy workaround
>   GpuHangFrequency: Several times a day
>   GpuHangReproducibility: Occurs more often under certain circumstances
>   GpuHangStarted: Immediately after installing this version of Ubuntu
>   GraphicsCard:
>    Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics
> Device [8086:2562] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>      Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:174b]
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent
> file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet
> splash --
>   SourcePackage: xorg
>   Symptom: display
>   Title: Xorg freeze
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 09/12/2003
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
>   dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
>   dmi.board.name: i845G/GV/GE/GL/PE-W83627X
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd09/12/2003:svn:pni845G/GV/GE/GL/PE-W83627X:pvr:rvn:rni845G/GV/GE/GL/PE-W83627X:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
>   dmi.product.name: i845G/GV/GE/GL/PE-W83627X
>   version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr2803-0ubuntu5
>   version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>   version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
>   version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
>   version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1
>
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