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5/20/10 at 4:54am
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5-31-10 I have confirmed that the Core i3 series Intel GMA HD integrated graphics is not fully compatible with Ubuntu 10.04. It causes GPU hang errors, and X will crash. The machine will still be running and you can SSH into the machine, but your graphics will not respond and the machine/X must be rebooted. There is still no fix for this error and I was forced to buy an Nvidia GT 220 instead.

I just put together an Ubuntu based HTPC with the latest build of the OS. I installed Boxee to begin with and it kept freezing my system. I then installed XBMC and it does the same thing. Usually it was when trying to search for media, but XBMC just crashed while I had it sitting at the main screen and the screensaver for XBMC dimmed the screen. I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. I am a total Linux noob so all help will be something new to me.

Specs are:
Gigabyte H55M-S2H
Core i3 540 3.06Ghz
2x1GB DDR3 1333 (Just tested 8 hours in MemTest - Pass)
Onboard video via HDMI to my TV
Onboard Optical out to my Yamaha receiver
Intel Pro 1000 PCI NIC

I am not sure if it's a software or a hardware compatibility issue.
Edited by Greg121986 - 5/31/10 at 6:52pm
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5/20/10 at 11:09am
Well, Boxee uses XMBC, so it's either an XMBC based issue, or an issue with the Intel IGP.

I've got a Core i3 laptop with Boxee on it, and no such problems so I doubt that. What exactly are you experiencing, any form of an error code?
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5/20/10 at 11:31am
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When doing random tasks with the programs it would just lockup. Nothing would work. I could not close the program, open the terminal or anything. I had to shut it off with the power button on the tower. I didn't get any error codes, I'm not sure how.

But, I tried it earlier and it worked OK. I was watching a movie for a little while and everything worked ok. It does not seem to like movies with DTS audio or something because some 1080p files I had would cause an error with the audio output. I have been told that XBMC does not like DTS audio.
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5/20/10 at 11:45am
Yeah XMBC has been known to have some issues with DTS Audio


Try uppgrading to ALSA 1.0.23, this solved many sound related issues for me.
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Download

As for the lockup, that seems like it could be a hardware thing because you couldn't even open up terminal.
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5/31/10 at 5:03pm
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To add some closure to this thread, the Intel GMA HD (graphics on the Core i3 chip) is to blame for all of my troubles. I bought the Core i3 assuming that they would have full support for the IGP, but I could not have been more wrong. To this day they still do not have working drivers which causes all kinds of errors. I found this article that shows the same problems I had with the Core i3 540 causing GPU Hang errors. The video would crash, but you could still SSH into the machine. You would have to reboot the machine or reboot X.

So I bought an Nvidia GT 220 and I will use that or something else until Intel fixes their issues with Ubuntu 10.04. I am actually having some issues with the GT 220 and high bit rate movies, but I believe it may be in the compression that was used for the file.
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6/1/10 at 5:09am
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To add some closure to this thread, the Intel GMA HD (graphics on the Core i3 chip) is to blame for all of my troubles. I bought the Core i3 assuming that they would have full support for the IGP, but I could not have been more wrong. To this day they still do not have working drivers which causes all kinds of errors. I found this article that shows the same problems I had with the Core i3 540 causing GPU Hang errors. The video would crash, but you could still SSH into the machine. You would have to reboot the machine or reboot X.

So I bought an Nvidia GT 220 and I will use that or something else until Intel fixes their issues with Ubuntu 10.04. I am actually having some issues with the GT 220 and high bit rate movies, but I believe it may be in the compression that was used for the file.
Try using the vdpau decoder instead. I know mplayer supports it.
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6/1/10 at 7:32am
Yeah, the i3 kinda' still sucks. Should have tried the xorg-edgers repo though; lots of intel driver updates hitting lately.
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