Bug#549863: 855GM support gone upstream?

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Riku Voipio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Similar problems for me too (Thinkpad X40 with 855GM). xserver hasn't been
> stable or working ever since 2.3.2 (lenny version). None of the kernel updates
> have given relief either. At the moment the only solution is to keep the lenny
> version of xserver-xorg-video-intel:
>
> echo xserver-xorg-video-intel hold|sudo dpkg --set-selections
>
> Since Intel is apparently happy to make multiple major releases of
> their driver without working 855GM support, perhaps it is time to admit that
> the hardware isn't supported anymore by upstream?
>   

i855 is not gone upstream.

Brice