Troubleshooting Xorg when encountering blinking screen X mark for Intel

Although it seldom happens, you may encounter sudden black screen with blinking x mouse pointer on your lcd monitor using this intel chipsets(note this was only tested on Intel 82G33/G31 chipset).

You may try this troubleshooting tips if this happens again.

1. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2. Add this line on the device section(Section "Device"). Identifier     "Configured Video Device" Driver         "intel" Option         "monitor-LVDS"  "LVDS" Option         "FramebufferCompression" "off" Option         "AccelMethod"            "XAA"

3. Add this on monitor section(Section "Monitor") Identifier     "LVDS" Option         "Ignore" "True"

3. Then restart your xorg or type /etc/init.d/kdm restart.