> While I see the merit in trying to narrow down the cause of the problem, I honestly dont buy the 'it must be some other problem that other people have' . The problem started in the same way for everybody, and its possible in a specific use case the older driver is able to avoid some other bug that was introduced.
Here's why I say that. Let's say you do have the exact problem. Great, so we focus on the original reporter's bug, and when it's solved, everyone else's issue must also be solved so we close the bug and move on. However, let's say your issue is *not* the exact same problem. Then when we fix the original person's bug, yours remains unfixed and uninvestigated. The bug gets closed, and since there is not a bug report associated with your problem, your issue falls through the cracks and never gets solved. Maybe you would reopen this bug with a complaint that the fix didn't solve it for you, but well now the bug is a mess of comments from people who have at least 2 different bugs (probably more), and it's hard to follow, and we'd probably just re-close the bug and tell you to send a separate report anyway. You may have saved the effort of filing a new bug, but weeks or months of delay have been added to getting your issue examined. Maybe this is fine - you may want to wait and see if the fix to this bug solves your issue, and only after that bother to take the time to provide the necessary info and do the troubleshooting and whatnot. That's fine, but in this case please just lurk quietly. :-) Now consider the case that I say you have a separate issue, and you take some time to make a separate report, but it ends up being the same issue. First, if we can determine definitively that you do have the same issue, then we can dupe your new bug to this one with confidence that it's solved; and if not, your bug can easily be reopened. Second, if we don't dupe them, then having two bugs opened on the same issue means the issue will be looked at from two angles; maybe it doesn't double the chance of getting it solved, but it certainly improves the chances. Third, even if your new report was to get ignored, at least you'll still benefit from the fix once the original one is solved. So, I hope you understand that when I say you probably have a separate issue, it is stated in an attempt to HELP you get your issue fixed, not to brush you off. If we just blindly assume you have the same problem, and you don't, it risks sweeping your issue under the carpet. -- [i965] High %CPU/Power Usage unless downgrade to 2.4 (UXA/EXA) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364359 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
