[Bug 371095] [NEW] Intel Video completely unusable in Jaunty

[Dave M G]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

I have seen other bugs reported about intel video drivers and Jaunty,
however, all of them seem to be performance issues such as slow
responsiveness or choppy video.

In my case, the problem is so severe that Jaunty is completely unusable.

I have a Panasonic  "Let's Note" CF-Y2 laptop with an Intel 82852/855GM
Integrated Graphics Device. The "Let's Note" series of laptops is the
Japanese name for the "Toughbook" series released in the US.

The laptop has been running Xubuntu and Ubuntu since 8.04, and never had
any troubles of any kind.

However, on Jaunty, the desktop resolution is over-sized in such a way
so that only the top left quarter or eighth fills the entire screen.
Also, it's not just that the desktop is larger than the screen, it sort
of doubles back on itself, so there's a kind of rasterized look, and
different parts of the desktop overlap each other. The bottom 2 thirds
of the screen area are outside of the viewable screen space.

In short, it is completely unusable.

This is the case also when I use the Live CD.

I attempted to run some proposed fixes, as suggested at:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1136738

However, I need to use my laptop on a daily basis, so I had to revert
back to 8.10.

I would like to upgrade to Jaunty, but can not until I can be assured
that this bug is fixed.

So I am filing a bug report in hopes of being alerted when Intel video
driver issues have been resolved.

Thanks for your help.

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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