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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #359392 (x-freeze-apr3)
  2. Comment #533

Comment 533 for bug 359392

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Vincenzo Ciancia (vincenzo-ml) wrote : Re: [Bug 359392] Re: [i965] X freezes starting on April 3rd

Il giorno gio, 04/06/2009 alle 20.00 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia ha scritto:
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>
> In this case, putting the old driver back in the distribution and
> starting to chose the right driver based on user's feedback until the
> too many intel issues are solved, would be mandatory.
>
> @Bryce, it's easy to put back the old driver in the distribution, and
> if
> there is not enough manpower to create the whitelist, I would chose
> the
> old one as a default. May I ask you "why not"?
>

A piece is missing here "the whitelist" would be created based on user
feedback to enable the new driver only for those combinations where it
actually works. I said "works" without any attributes :)

V.