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Stubborn Intel Graphics Bug Haunts Ubuntu 12.04

Posted by timothy on from the stupid-ghosts dept.

jones_supa writes "The current long-term support version of Ubuntu (12.04) has been experiencing a remarkably tough-to-crack and widely affecting bug related to laptops using an Intel graphics solution. When the lid is closed, every now and then the desktop freezes and only the mouse cursor can be moved. Compiz is usually found hung in the process, switching to a VT afterwards works. The Freedesktop guys are also informed. Have Slashdotters been bitten by this bug and possibly could offer some detective work to help the OSS community find and apply the correct fix?"

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  1. 12.10 better not be the fix by Concern · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's an awful problem.

    LTS release that can't reliably suspend (which means, it can't suspend) on Lenovo Thinkpads...

    Ubuntu fixes this rapidly, in-stream or they cease to be credible.

    Thank you Slashdot, for bringing attention to this.

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  2. Re:What they are actually reporting an Issue. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Except this Intel driver IS open source.

  3. Re:What they are actually reporting an Issue. by Microlith · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why are you not on their forums having a fucking shitfit?

    Cause we aren't all vulgar assholes?

    Why are you not telling the devs to stop acting like douchebags and quit fucking with the internals so shit isn't constantly fucking breaking like this?

    What internals, precisely, were broken? Oh, closed source drivers from an uncooperative company? You should blame the company rather than demanding others comply to the whims of lazy corporations that refuse to support their products.