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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #359392 (x-freeze-apr3)
  2. Comment #554

Comment 554 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 21.01 +0000, José Tomás Atria ha scritto:
> IMHO, please stop with all the discussion about what should have been
> done, or if linux is ready for the desktop and whatnot.
>
> We have a stable release that is recommended as stable to users. ALL
> users.
>
> this stable release has a known problem with intel drivers, the
> problem was reported as a bug and is being worked on. This is the
> proper way to address the issue.
>

This stable release has been consciously released broken - forget the
deadlock, also extreme slowness with compiz was known since jaunty alpha
1, much earlier than the 3rd of April. The driver should not have landed
beta and should be removed from stable, that's what I am saying.

Of course since I am not an authority I think it is good to ask Bryce
who actually is an authority in Xorg/ubuntu. Maybe there are very good
reasons why we don't want the old driver in ubuntu.

V.