Stubborn Intel Graphics Bug Haunts Ubuntu 12.04

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 20, 2012 @01:22AM 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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Re:What they are actually reporting an Issue. by riondluz · 2012-09-20 01:59 · Score: 4, Interesting

Tho I prefer E17 to compiz I have CCM running on a toshiba that had this problem. The only fix (for me) that i found is to enable screen-locking.
It brings up the login dialog and restores the desktop

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