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[royden <royden.yates@xxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541511 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 21:57 +0000, waldo pfiefer wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541511 ***
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511
> 
> I wish I had known about the problem with 10.04 & the i855 chipset
> before I ran the 'upgrade'. It sure would have been nice if anyone took
> the time to include it in the "known issues". I read it with great
> interest and then went on to BRICK my d400.
> 
> Oh great, so it's back to 9.10 for 6 months until this WELL KNOWN BUG is
> fixed (or not). How is open source software ever going to move into the
> mainstream with this kind of BS? Wouldn't it make more sense to warn
> people about this "BUG" (more like a bricker) than have them see that
> open source is not ready for prime time and run back to Microsoft and
> Apple?
> 

I do not wish to pick a fight.  Please note:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004

Quote: "Intel 8xx X freezes/crashes
The -intel driver fails with X freezes or crashes on certain i8xx
hardware. The issue is known upstream but solutions are still under
development. For now, to work around the issue, boot with the -vesa
video driver. See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes for
further details."

The Devs sweated long over this bug but the solution is beyond them
(yes, that hoary old "upstream" incantation....) and so they put up the
warning and the info page.

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[i855] 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen
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