Webup8 recently posted a description on how to upgrade your intel graphics driver to the "2013Q1 Intel Linux Graphics Stack Release". I already have xserver-xorg-video-intel installed from the main raring repositories. What is the difference between the two packages?
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the difference between them is that the 2013Q1 stack breaks 13.04(raring). after the install ubuntu would only boot into "low graphics mode" no matter if i was using lightdm or gdm.
using the "intel open installer" v1.0.1 and the intel open source repos i get this lovely distro update and suddenly the old xserver/plymouth "race" bug is back (launchpad bug #982889). after checking a LOT of forums it appears the workaround is
insert this line
"sleep 10"
in /etc/init/lightdm.conf
just before the line
"exec lightdm"
i didn't have to add stuff to (or even create) /etc/X11/xorg.conf and i also didn't need to purge/install lightdm, unity-greeter, ubuntu desktop, the X server or any of the other carry on - i DID try all those options but they failed to fix the problem - the "sleep 10" fixed it for me.
it was odd - because the x logs showed everything being detected just fine and then boom - low graphics mode.
maybe the intel boys and the ubuntu people need some better cross-communication??
it appears that the kernel modules in the intel open source repo(s) don't have the plymouth/X fix installed on them.
after the graphics stack upgrade i'm now running 13.04 raring and 3.8.0-26 generic kernel x86_64
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