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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #259385
  2. Comment #77

Comment 77 for bug 259385

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BillyD (billydwhitaker) wrote : Re: Intrepid Compiz hangs on login for i830MG and i845 video cards

Well ok, maybe I should phrase it differently:
The problem seems to be that compiz doesn't work with the intel driver on systems with the 830 or 845 cards, causing the system to freeze and go to a black screen, etc.

(From the release notes and Michael Vogt's post above on 2008-10-28:
"There is a bug in the Intel video driver for the older intel 830 and 845 integrated video cards that are used on laptops like the IBM R30. Desktop effects with compiz will not work on those chips and will freeze the system. For new installations, please install using the safe graphics mode (press F4 in the startup screen) on these systems and disable desktop effects via System -> Preferences -> Appearance, clicking on "Visual effects" and choosing "None".")

And the solution being proposed here (if I understand correctly) is to disable or remove compiz, using metacity instead. My question is, for those who want to use compiz on Intrepid and have the affected cards, is it possible to use the i810 driver in Intrepid, and if so how?