Comment 268 for bug 541511

just upgraded from karmic to lucyd on my dell inspiron 700m with intel graphic card: after boot it crashes nice.

The solution (using an old kernel) found on post #54 from this duplicate bug page
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/568779?comments=all

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1. After power on your PC, press shift (keep press) until see boot loader menu. Choose a recovery mode option.
2. On next step select start failsafeX session.
3. Choose OK when advert for poor resolution.
4. Login in, your are now on your desktop
5. Open a terminal command line (Application > Accessories -> terminal)
6. Type this command and press enter (without quotes):
"sudo -i" and enter your password.
7. Type this command and press enter (without quotes):
"cd /tmp"
8. Type this command and press enter (without quotes):
"wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-rc5-lucid/linux-image-2.6.34-020634rc5-generic_2.6.34-020634rc5_i386.deb"
9. Type this command and press enter (without quotes):
"dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.34-020634rc5-generic_2.6.34-020634rc5_i386.deb"
10. Type this command and press enter (whitout quotes):
"apt-get update && apt-get upgrade"
11 . Type this command and press enter (whitout quotes):
"init 6"
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worked fine for me. Still unfortunate to see a good old display problem i d encounter on edgy can resurface like this.