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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #138256
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 138256

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moschops (simon-waddington) wrote : Re: xserver-xorg-video-intel hangs the system when laptop lid is closed

I have the same problem with Dell Inspiron 700m which also uses the i855GM chip - it worked fine with the i810 driver so long as I used the i955 fix which would change the resolution to 1280x800 for me. The new Intel driver gives me correct resolution out of the box but I get the same "black screen of death" experiences that are unrecoverable by anything other than power cycling.

I've seen them a) when logging out and b) when trying to hibernate.

I have tried both with and without the frame buffer option in xorg.conf.

It seems that if I reboot, login and logout immediately it sometimes works, otherwise it will fail and I have to power cycle.

If I turn off the desktop effects the problem is much less common but I've still seen it - especially trying to hibernate or suspend.