Comment 16 for bug 372028
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| Timothy W. Tacker (tim-tacker) wrote Re: broken PAT code in kernel causes consistent xorg freeze at startup for some users of intel driver | #16 |
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I downloaded today's ISO, burned it, and attempted to boot from the CD.
It appears that the issue remains in Karmic; however, because I do not have access to the text-based GRUB boot menu, using ESC, when booting from the CD, I have been unable to get xorg to start properly at all in Karmic. It does appear to go into graphical mode, sometimes the LCD appears lit, and other times it does not; but either way it never seems to make it past the mouse cursor (which is similar behavior to what happens in Jaunty when I do not first at least enter the GRUB menu.) The only difference I notice is that the mouse cursor eventually locks up, which isn't something that I noticed in Jaunty.
I have further tested since the last time I posted, and I now am even more certain that the difference between getting xorg to start properly is hitting ESC and simply entering the GRUB boot menu. I have tried booting dozens of times without doing this, with no success; but the first time I hit escape and just take the first kernel option by hitting enter, the system usually boots without incident. Again, this leads me to believe the problem may not actually be the PAT issue mentioned above; but I don't know what relationship GRUB and xorg might have or how simply ENTERING the GRUB boot menu can make a difference in xorg starting or not.