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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #511001
  2. Comment #42

Comment 42 for bug 511001

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Gard Spreemann (gspreemann) wrote :

I was also affected by this bug with:
  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

After upgrading from Karmic, the system would deadlock when starting X. Forcing KMS back on seems to fix the problem for me, although I won't have time for stability tests for a few days (but at least X comes up and everything seems fine). Passing i915.modeset=0 did NOT work, but following Workaround A from [1] did, i.e. I forced KMS by adding
  options i915 modeset=1
to a file in /etc/modprobe.d and running update-initramfs -u.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes