Just tried on another machine with intel but another chip and it didn't hang.
lshw from that (working) machine is: *-display:0 description: VGA compatible controller product: Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: p...@0000:00:02.0 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:e8100000-e817ffff ioport:6000(size=8) memory:d0000000-dfffffff(prefetchable) memory:e8180000-e81bffff *-display:1 UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2.1 bus info: p...@0000:00:02.1 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:e8200000-e827ffff -- Display properties hangs X when detecting monitors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ 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