Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It doesn't. Writeback is a minor performance optimization, the lack of > which should not affect operation of the X server. > > If you suspect the hardware might be faulty, you could verify that with > another OS.
I tried on ubuntu 6.06, and it's having the same behavior (and I know it was working some time ago with it)... I guess my hardware is dying :/ Sorry for having raised this non-bug... Marc