Video driver fails on Intel 810 card

[Tony Arnold]

I have a Dell Latitude C.400 laptop which has an Intel 810 grpahics card
installed. I've upgraded  to Breezy recently and have hit a problem with
the video driver.

If I switch from Gnome to console mode with control-alt-F1, and then try
to go back to Gnome with Alt-F7, the machine hangs and screen goes blank
and starts changing colours slowly. It's pretty, but annoying!

The only way out seems to be hit the power switch and reboot.

I've tried searching archives and the WEB for a solution, but have not
found anything relevant yet.

So, has anyone else seen the same problem?

If so, is there a workaround or should I just submit a bug report?

If I do submit a bug, and it is recognised as such, is a fix likely to
be made available for Breezy, or would I be waiting for Dapper? The
policy on such fixes is not clear to me.

All help, comments and advice much appreciated.

Regards,
Tony.
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