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[ilanrab <ilanrab@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for the suggestion, gmud. That's a good idea. Unfortunately I
do not have the resources to install a fresh copy of Ubuntu on top of
the existing Ubuntu partition that I am  using. The Puppy Linux distro
is running fully off an 8GB pendrive.

Earlier today I installed the Glasen 0.7.7 driver fix for the i855, in my Dell Latitude D400. Both the stable version, of the driver, and the experimental (exp) version acted the same way:
1. I could now run Videos (like, with VLC) with no problem. Until this fix, my GPU would lock up immediately, the second I invoked any video. The fix allows video.
2. Now, the GPU locks up when I run certain graphics only. This is an improvement.
I can make it fail consistently when I run Google Chrome with the facebook game: "Mafia Wars". The page that causes the lockup is "NewYork" stage> "properties" page.  After less than a minute of pressing various buttons on this page, the GPU locks up. My xorg.conf is the standard one.

Good work, Stephan. Thank you for the fix. Good progress.

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MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)
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