Fedora
xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #127101
  2. Comment #197

Comment 197 for bug 127101

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imachine (m-jedrasik) wrote :

Hi!

The bug seems to be back with Intrepid.

Before (in 8.04.1) on my X40 laptop (Intel 855GM) I used i810 driver and it worked ok.

Now, in Intrepid Ibex 8.10 there is no more i810 driver - and so I am stuck with Intel driver.

It already caused me headaches, namely with these random black screen hangs.

However, there is a documented "fix" - it's in the intel manpage, tho not entirely mentioned as a fix to this issue.

What you need to do is:

edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and add into the video card section:

Option "ForceEnablePipeA" "true"

then save it, and restart X.

It works over here, as a side (??) effect I get more accurate brightness settings :-)

So try it out and then let the intel devs know about it, just like that manpage says!

Cheers!

PS. The original website I found this on is here: http://ni.imasters.pl/content/ubuntu-804-i965-i-xorg-intel-rozwiązanie-zamrażania-ekranu