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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #554835
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 554835

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reidi (ian-reid) wrote :

"It would therefore be useful if you could test this with kernel-modesetting disabled. You can do this either by adding “i915.modeset=0” to the kernel boot options, on the same line after “quiet splash”, or by following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting"

Lucid 2.6.32.21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

Adding "i915.modeset =0" to kernel boot options did NOT solve this for me.

Abandoning that option, I followed directions in KernelModeSetting:

Intel step 1 did NOT help: "echo options i915 modeset=0 > /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf"
Nor did step 2: "...need to run sudo update-initramfs -u"

The only thing that helped wasstep 3: add xorg.conf, specifying: Driver "vesa". (I did not try this alone, I just stepped through the list in the KernelModeSetting document, this being the "last resort" step...