[COLUG] OpenOffice vs. Intel 810 Chipset

[Josh]

Howdy All,

A while back I posted about X.org locking up hard when my fiancee used 
certain openoffice functions.  This was on CentOS 5 using an Intel 810 
chipset.  (Unfortunately the Xorg logfile I sent to the list didn't make 
it through...)  We didn't think much of it as I was generally able to SSH 
in and fix it.

Just now, on the shiny new Dell Inspiron that came pre-loaded with Ubuntu, 
she saw the same thing.  We were able to jolt the laptop out of its state 
by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 numerous times, and then the Fn button while also 
pressing the suspend, CRT, and other blue-labeled buttons.  Getting a 
terminal on tty1 allowed me to kill OpenOffice and proceed normally.

I'd think that with something this prevelant - a Dell with the Intel 810 
series chipset, using Ubuntu Feisty, running OpenOffice - people would 
complain about it locking up hard.  I guess I'll post on UbuntuForums 
about this.

Anyone else noticing a similar problem?

Cheers,
-J