Comment 179 for bug 22985

(In reply to comment #50)
> On the Ubuntu side of things (see the links a bit above), the workaround patch
> was applied on top of 6.6.3 in the development version. It seems to work for
> many, but so far it also seems at least two people are now having problems
> after the patch. The problem was a huge one (19 duplicates), so I guess at some
> point it has to be evaluated whether there are enough new problems to have the
> patch reverted, or if the patch really fixed _so_ many computers that those new
> ones can be (sadly) ignored until a real solution is found.
>
> In the last 2-3 comments, there is currently mentioned one HP nw8240 FireGL
> V5000 user (not the later comment where someone else had tested an older daily
> CD) with a new blank screen problem, and one (no details) X700 user that
> already had a screen corruption problem when going to a console, but also now
> wrong resolution and offset after the update.
>
> Considering the patch was already named to be a hack, this is of course not
> that surprising, but just FYI.
>

Can you send more info on the new problems after the patch.