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Re:Thank you, Ubuntu by gvb on Saturday October 02, 2010 @11:03AM (#1750562)
You don't say what Intel graphics chip you have problems with, but your problem matches the GMA 500.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#GMA_500_on_Linux

"GMA 500 support on Linux is not optimal. The driver is developed by Tungsten Graphics, not by Intel, and the graphic core is not an Intel one, but is licensed from PowerVR. This has led to an uncertain mix of open and closed source 3d accelerated drivers, instability and lack of support."

Read the rest of the section, it gives some hope that the support has improved since 2008.

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Re:Thank you, Ubuntu by rick_2047 on Saturday October 02, 2010 @02:06PM (#1750960)
It is just the onboard graphics that used to come with intel boards. I used the i810 driver with it as far as I can remember.
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