Comment 29 for bug 554835

> Following advice in this thread I added to the grub boot parameters:
> i915.modeset=0 - gives no improvement, X still locks up machine
> i915.modeset=1 - allows X to start and presents first installer window.

Just a follow up, this is still a problem. Using the above grub option I was able to get Xubuntu installed but the install still suffered the 'crash on X start' issue. Even when all updates were applied, and with both available kernels.

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$ dpkg --list | grep linux-image
ii linux-image-2.6.32-21-generic 2.6.32-21.32 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64
ii linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic 2.6.32-22.33 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64
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$ dpkg --list | grep xserver|grep intel
ii xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
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Setting the 'i915.modeset=1' in /etc/defaults/grub and running 'update-grub', got the machine to a workable start, however any XV activity will hard crash machine, such as:
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$ mplayer -vo xv dp-hop2yab-sample.avi
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In order to prevent this I have generated a xorg.conf and adjusted the modules section:
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Section "Module"
        Disable "XVideo"
        Disable "extmod"
        Load "dri"
        Load "dri2"
        Load "record"
        Load "dbe"
        #Load "extmod"
        Load "glx"
EndSection
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which completely disables XV on the system. Now at least the above mplayer line will just fail to display anything and the machine continues to run OK.

Cheers,
Mungewell.