i observe the same problem with clean install of 10.04 on a fujitsu stylistic tablet (not a thinkpad). (it worked under older ubuntu versions ok)
my video driver is: sudo lshw -c video *-display:0 description: VGA compatible controller product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: p...@0000:00:02.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:11 memory:d8000000-dfffffff(prefetchable) memory:d0000000-d007ffff ioport:1800(size=8) *-display:1 UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2.1 bus info: p...@0000:00:02.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:e0000000-e7ffffff(prefetchable) memory:d0080000-d00fffff fr...@atlanta:~$ and i have installed the patch from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes. the system is up-to-date. there is no xorg.conf file present. what else do you need to know? -- [i855gm] VGA out flickering after upgrade to lucid (regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589140 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