To Rudiger and anyone else still having trouble - I think you will find this recent article very interesting and promising - "Intel Finally Delivers Stable i830GM/i845G Driver" - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI1MzI
The bottom line is you will need xf86-video-intel (xserver-xorg-video- intel) 2.20.16. According to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xserver-xorg-video-intel this is already available in the development version of the upcoming Ubuntu 13.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541492 Title: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/541492/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp