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  1. Bug #372028
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Comment 14 for bug 372028

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Timothy W. Tacker (tim-tacker) wrote : Re: broken PAT code in kernel causes consistent xorg freeze at startup for some users of intel driver

In pursuit of a solution to this problem, I updated the video driver am now running the following:

xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.7.1-0ubuntu1~xup~1)

This does not appear to have solved the problem.

I have noticed, however, that it may NOT be the "nopat" option that is actually resolving the issue--strangely, pressing ESC and simply entering the GRUB boot menu, without actually editing any of the commands, appears to also sometimes resolve the problem. I thought it was the "nopat" option because, in order to enter the "nopat" option, I needed to first enter the GRUB boot menu at startup.

I can't imagine what might be causing this, or how these two things might be related; but my best guess is that maybe it has something to do with the newer kernel modesetting feature in the driver.