Bug#704987: gnome-shell: scrolling in libreoffice-writer freezes system

[Hashem Nasarat]

I had a similar problem (using a thinkpad x220). Upgrading to the 3.8
kernel (linux-image-3.8-...) fixed this issue for me.

On 04/08/2013 04:38 PM, Kees de Jong wrote:
> Please supply the following logs.
>
> ~/.xsession-errors
> /var/log/syslog
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> My best guess is that this is not due to Gnome-Shell but the Intel
> support. I already asked the maintainer to update the Intel Xorg drivers
> for Wheezy months ago, but the freeze was there already and he
> personally didn't see any instability......
>
> Try this one from Experimental you most probably won't have any issues
> after that:
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xserver-xorg-video-intel.html
>
> Also try the Linux 3.5 kernel or newer. Then you will have a very stable
> setup for a Sandy Bridge chip.
>