Comment 277 for bug 541511

Greetings All:

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Everest <email address hidden> wrote:
> For anyone who cares, the above workaround is already documented at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes
> and is updated with the current mainline kernel as well as containing the proper header files and 64-bit image.

I do have EXACTLY the the Intel graphics card listed in section F of
of this "Lucid8xxFreezes" Wiki page.

***
$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation
82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)"
***

I also downloaded the 855gm live CD "ubuntu-10.04-855gm-desktop-i386.iso"..

Both work. Up to a point. I have 3D desktop but as soon as I launch
Movie Player, either with a video or audio file, the screen freezes.
Everything continues to run (I can hear the audio) but my system is
effectively nuked.

Both break in this way.

The crash also happens if I turn off Compiz and work on a 2D desktop.

It is very nice to have a full 3D desktop again, but without
multimedia, I will be keeping my "sleep problematic" 9.10 partition
where it is and use the 10.04 for testing.

Thanks for the pointers. The problem seems to go a lot deeper than
expected. My original bug was the black screen at boot problem.

Ahimsa

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