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(Get the code!)
As one of early filers on this bug, let me bring you up to date with what I've gathered.
First of all, not every Intel vid chip is affected. But the 845G family was. They're used in a lot of business machines and low-end lappies where the customer wasn't interested in paying for snappy graphics.
Second, this is not an Ubuntu problem. Or an Arch problem. Or any other single distro. Xorg underwent a major rewrite recently, requiring mostly all new drivers (which is why you can't just substitute the old i810 driver). They dropped the ball for this particular chipset. Last I saw, Intel was lending a hand to get things sorted out.
So yes, there should be resolution someday. But it's nobody's priority, since it's historical rather than current equipment. Meanwhile, I'll hang in with 8.04LTS. That was the last Ubuntu that used the previous Xorg.