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["Warren E. Downs" <528467@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The goal of a re-integrated legacy driver for Intel cards is great.  Unfortunately, so far it doesn't work with my card (lspci output):
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
With KMS remaining enabled (the default for my card and kernel 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP) the system appears to work but X crashes quite easily e.g. when un-minimizing the Google Chrome browser, or starting synaptic.

Disabling KMS seemed like the way to go.  When I did that, it did revert
to behavior I remembered from Kubuntu 9.04 or 9.10 (strange flickering
upon startup of KDE).  But the computer hard-locked X during the KDE
startup, before the desktop appeared.  It is not actually freezing the
computer, as if I switch away from X before it locks, I can login at the
console.  (Which I did in order to recover).

So now, I am back to the original default Kubuntu 10.04 xorg, which
works for me for days at a time, but then will hard-freeze.

Warren

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[i855] GPU hung (drm i915 intel) on Lucid Lynx
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