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[Geir Ove Myhr <gomyhr@xxxxxxxxx>]

[This comment goes to freeze bugs on intel 855GM]

At bug 456902 (similar freezes on 845G) there is currently an effort to
find where xserver-xorg-video-intel and/or libdrm changed and so that
the freezes were triggered. Brian Rogers has a PPA that he is updating
libdrm and -intel until they catch a version which freezes (they first
found that a standard Karmic kernel with Jaunty libdrm and -intel did
not freeze). It is possible that the same is true for 855GM and this is
a chance to catch a free ride from the 845G testing effort. In order to
test, use the standard Karmic kernel and add Brian's PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/graphics-testing . See the
bug 456902 comment #29 and after for more details.

Apologies if someone already reported that Jaunty with Karmic kernel
also freezes. In that case, testing older -intel and libdrm in Karmic is
probably pointless. I'm loosing the overview as there are many similar
bug reports on 845G, 855GM and 945G/945GM, and I forget exactly what is
already tested for each chipset.

PS: phran, I think there are two kinds of freezes. One which happens not
very often and has been around for quite a while and another which
happens quickly and is triggered by the 599->600 commit. In upstream bug
report https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21826 the first type
was first reported, and when a proposed fix was added to the kernel the
second type also started to happen. This can be seen from comments #26
and #27 in the upstream report. You probably have the same issue.

** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #21826
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21826

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[i855] x freezing often while surfing , mouse still moving
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496187
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