Comment 22 for bug 566379

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Steve Bates (scbates) wrote : Re: [i855] X doesn't start with kernel 2.6.32-21 unless passing i915.modeset=1

Laptop Dell D400 latitude
Graphics Card VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

I upgraded from V9.10 and hit this graphics card problem.

Needed to use the boot option i915.modeset=1 to get the graphics working - without this had the black screen problem mentioned earlier in the post. Still have problems playing videos but that is not a big problem for me.