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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Lucid (10.04)
  2. Bug #541492
  3. Comment #212

Comment 212 for bug 541492

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Jean-Marie PIVETEAU (jean-marie-piveteau) wrote : Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

Brian,

I did the:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:brian-rogers/intel-shadow
and then the apt-get update & apt-get upgrade commands.

because (I guess) KMS was still enabled I always had a black screen after bootup. The sequence was this:
   IBM BIOS screen
   Grub loading stage1.5.
   Starting up ...(bold)
   Starting up ...(thin)
   Ubuntu (white) + the five red dots
   black screen + fixed cursor at upper left corner (monitor LED is fixed green)
   the little drum sound (which says the "GUI" is ready)
but I could almost always do CTRL-ALT-F1 and (blindly) to a text login and then reboot.

then I disabled KMS and I can now have the GNOME logon screen but however is sticks at 640x480, i.e. using gnome-display-properties (because you cannot have access to the "System" menu at 640x480) you cannot change anything; the detect monitor" button does nothing.

I am right now adding this comment using this VGA resolution...

Here attached more details on my current configuration.

Tell me if you need more information.

Best regards,
Jean-Marie