"It would therefore be useful if you could test this with kernel- modesetting disabled. You can do this either by adding “i915.modeset=0” to the kernel boot options, on the same line after “quiet splash”, or by following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting";
Lucid 2.6.32.21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) Adding "i915.modeset =0" to kernel boot options did NOT solve this for me. Abandoning that option, I followed directions in KernelModeSetting: Intel step 1 did NOT help: "echo options i915 modeset=0 > /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf" Nor did step 2: "...need to run sudo update-initramfs -u" The only thing that helped wasstep 3: add xorg.conf, specifying: Driver "vesa". (I did not try this alone, I just stepped through the list in the KernelModeSetting document, this being the "last resort" step... -- [855GM] GPU hang when an application tries to use XVideo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554835 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
