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

    but they just assume that I am an idiot who just doesn't know how to use a computer.

    And this is why Linux will never be more than just an "alternative" desktop OS. Because its user base is always assumed to just KNOW how everything works, and if you pose a question that some neckbeard thinks is "stupid", he'll let you know it, and you'll be the focal point of mockery and derision. Linux needs to stop being that exclusive club for the cool kids and know-it-alls and start being a more user-oriented (rather than developer-oriented) community.

    The Linux community needs a drastic culture-change before it's ready to compete on any meaningful level with Windows and OS X.

    Oh, and I WILL be modded down for this, and it WILL validate my point even more.