i8xx is actually in a pretty good state right now. In Ubuntu since Maverick, the X server is running the fbdev driver, and all (I think) of the stability problems are fixed, but at a noticeable performance degradation.
Upstream, a fix has been released since the 2.6.38-rc7 kernel which seems to make the -intel driver stable for many people, at least with i855 and later (i835 and i845 are still a little funky, but I've heard that's because the cards themselves are just strangely designed). It's ironic actually -- Ubuntu dropped support for i8xx at the exact time that upstream started making real progress with the bugs in those cards. In short, I don't see a reason why this should actually affect users of these cards. The only real potential problem I see is when Wayland starts being added. -Steven On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Yorvyk <[email protected]> wrote: > > This passed me by, but is not good news for the sort of machines we are > targeting. > > "In natty, we stopped Ubuntu development support for the 8xx chipset; these > may still work OK with the -intel driver but we no longer field bug reports > or backport fixes for them. This policy will continue in oneiric, but we'll > re-evaluate for oneiric+1. Meanwhile, please work with upstream directly for > 8xx problems." > > -- > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) > > http://lubuntu.net > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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