Bug#563305: xserver-xorg-video-intel: x display locks up on core 2 duo macbook with intel graphics
peter green wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.9.1-1
> Severity: important
>
> Since upgrading to squeeze from lenny the display locks up frequently. Input
> appears to be being processed and the mouse cursor both moves and changes
> shape but nothing else on-screen changes.
>
> If I switch away to a virtual console and back the display comes back currupt
> but new updates are shown fine and I can use the system until it locks up
> again.
>
> I saw several other lockup bugs but none seemed to match the symptoms I have
> here
>
> Running with the vesa driver (which i'm doing as I write this) I don't seem
> to get the lockups but this leaves me stuck in 1024x768 which is just as
> unpleasent as the lockups.
>
> I'm probablly going to try upgrading to the experimental xorg after this and
> if I do so i'll update the bug report with a report on how that goes.
>
You should try with latest X packages from unstable and the very latest
2.6.32 kernel package.
Brice
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