So I installed the older driver: $ dpkg -l xserver-xorg-video-intel Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ hi xserver-xorg-v 2:2.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d
But it also hangs, as it used to hang, when this driver was the newest one in sid: black screen, with the mouse pointer on and off periodically. This used to do, then I upgraded to newer intel, with the problems reported in this thread. Note: I am not sitting at this computer physically - I am only administering it over ssh and forwarding all complains here. :) I switched to vesa now. Also, most of the day, there were someone else running windows, without problems. So I don't think it's a hardware problem. Unless windows messup something, but I don't think so. It can also be a problem in the kernel 2.6.21. I noticed today (the previous weeks were fine): Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: Unbalanced enable for IRQ 17 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: BUG: at kernel/irq/manage.c:158 enable_irq() Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c014b54c>] enable_irq+0x6e/0xa2 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<f8ba6da7>] probe_hwif+0x5c2/0x693 [ide_core] Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<f8ba954f>] do_ide_setup_pci_device+0x37e/0x3d4 [ide_core] Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<f8ba76e5>] probe_hwif_init_with_fixup+0xe/0x88 [ide_core] Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c0190007>] dquot_alloc_space+0xf4/0x13c Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<f8ba967a>] ide_setup_pci_device+0x43/0x75 [ide_core] Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<f8838010>] jmicron_init_one+0xf/0x12 [jmicron] Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c01d452f>] pci_device_probe+0x36/0x57 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c0227b06>] really_probe+0xbd/0x146 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c0227bd3>] driver_probe_device+0x44/0xa5 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c0227cb7>] __driver_attach+0x0/0x79 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c0227cfd>] __driver_attach+0x46/0x79 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c02271ae>] bus_for_each_dev+0x37/0x59 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c022798e>] driver_attach+0x16/0x18 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c0227cb7>] __driver_attach+0x0/0x79 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c0227460>] bus_add_driver+0x5e/0x15f Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c01d468f>] __pci_register_driver +0x6b/0x97 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c013ed92>] sys_init_module+0x1698/0x17cf Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<f8843000>] uhci_hcd_init+0x0/0xa8 [uhci_hcd] Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c015b75c>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x564/0x6c4 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<f8ba50cf>] ide_config_drive_speed+0x0/0x31e [ide_core] Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: [<c0103d8c>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: ======================= Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: ide0 at 0xbc00-0xbc07,0xb882 on irq 17 Jan 6 18:06:52 dabl kernel: Probing IDE interface ide1... That could be related to the old problem with the jmicron driver, that was famous for not working with 2.6.18 kernels on intel core duo. So I'll try to upgrade to 2.6.23. This computer is giving me a headache... I welcome any tips. :) Ondrej -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]