Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #541511
  2. Comment #417

Comment 417 for bug 541511

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In , rewound (rewound) wrote :

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes Workaround A alone worked for Dell Latitude D505 with (using $ lspci | grep Intel)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
Workaround A is..
To turn KMS back on, run this command in a Terminal window and reboot:
echo options i915 modeset=1 | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf
sudo update-initramfs -u
Previously Lucid with kernel 2.6.31-22 generic and all previous releases (Karmic and earlier) worked fine but Lucid kernel 2.6.32-24 generic on startup showed some graphics initially then went to a blank screen.
The problem was first seen after upgrading from Karmic to Lucid Xubuntu. 22Sep2010