Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Lucid (10.04)
  2. Bug #541492
  3. Comment #269

Comment 269 for bug 541492

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FactTech (launchpad-facttechnologies) wrote :

It's not clear to me what the status of this bug is right now, but for anyone experiencing the issue and/or still working on it, I thought I would add some details that might be useful.

I'm running Ubuntu Lucid Lynx on an eMachines T2824.

kernel = 2.6.32-31-generic
graphics = Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)

I have the lucid-proposed repository enabled with all updates as of today applied. No special PPAs or other software sources are enabled.

Machine will reliably lock up with zebra-stripes/flashing/non-recoverable symptoms as described by other users but can ssh in and usually will be given the option to revert to a console on the affected machine.

I have found that if I disable the screensaver, screen effects, and power management, the machine will run for a very long time without problems (days to weeks), but I do not use this machine for anything graphic-intensive.

Since it seems like the precise cause of this issue is not well understood, the one piece of information I wanted to point out for developers is that I found if I set the Appearance Preferences to use Clearlooks, this same machine will reliably lock up fairly quickly (usually within the first 60 minutes after login). On reverting to Ambiance, this behavior stopped. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but it seems reproducible and might be helpful in identifying the exact trigger. Trying to use various screensavers (especially OpenGL-based ones) will also reliably cause a crash.

If there's anything I can do to help resolve this issue, I am happy to do so. This note is mainly for other people who are experiencing the issue and want a workaround that doesn't involve installing non-standard packages.

Also: Anyone who has their screensaver stuck on a "bad" one and can't change it back, see the instructions at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=651868 to use gconf-editor to change it to blank only. From there, you can open the screensaver settings and disable it.