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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

The UXA tweak works in my Toshiba too,

http://www.toshiba.se/laptops/satellite-pro/c850/satellite-pro-c850-19w/

with Intel i5 and built-in graphics

Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if
00[VGA controller])

Would it be safe to have it as default, or could the UXA tweak do any
harm for some version of Intel graphics? Maybe the entry in

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

could be more specific, so that it will be used only for old Intel graphics?

Best regards
Nio

On 2013-09-03 12:10, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> The following tweak still works to improve the colours in pictures and
> video for Lubuntu Saucy Beta 1 in my IBM Thinkcentre.
> 
> http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-51126
> 
> *Change the Xorg acceleration method to UXA*
> 
> John Hupp <lubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> There was this helpful bug report on file at
> http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1178982.
> 
> It described behavior on Dell PC's with integrated Intel graphics, in
> which Adobe Flash Player would display only with shades of purple and
> green in a horizontally compressed window (or at least that's how I
> would describe what I see on a Dell Dimension 2400).
> 
> The work-around (Comment #1) was to change the Xorg acceleration method
> to UXA.
> 
> User reported a work-around:
> 
> -o-
> 
> Edit (or create) /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows: (ugh, can't format,
> should be a tab before each line except the first and the last).
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier "Intel Graphics"
> 	Driver "intel"
> 	Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
> EndSection
> 
> Restart X (reboot, restart your display manager, whatever). Colors are
> back to the way they used to be and flash works.
> 
> -o-
> 
> I forgot to include, however, that the bug workaround messes up the
> login screen (LightDM).  You can make out an entry box that one assumes
> is for the password entry, but everything else is largely unidentifiable.
> 
> So as a workaround it leaves a lot to be desired, unless we can also
> figure out how to fix the login screen.
> 
> -o-
> 
> Nio Wiklund wrote:
> 
> This method works for me to restore good graphics in an old IBM
> Thinkcentre with Lubuntu Saucy alpha-2 and the following Intel graphics.
> 
> VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics
> Controller (rev 02)
> 
> There is no issue with the login screen.
>