Running Lubuntu 14.04.1 i386 desktop with an Intel 815 video chipset, I confirm the same behavior with any version of xserver-xorg-video-intel newer than 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1, but in terms of a workaround, I used Synaptic to force a downgrade, then I locked to that version, and so far software updater seems to respect that.
My troubleshooting and repair involved temporarily installing an ATI video card. After I found this bug, I used the ATI-equipped installation to get to the desktop and Synaptic, and when I removed the ATI I found that though I could now boot to the desktop under the i815, the Plymouth splash screen is broken (a white screen with some evenly spaced thin full-height vertical black bars across it). And so far I have not been able to fix it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389904 Title: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The latest system updates for Lubuntu 14.04 includes an update to the i915 display driver, which this machine uses. After applying updates and rebooting, at the end of the boot process, where normally the login screen appears, the screen remains blank (with a black background color). That change has rendered my Lubuntu 14.04 partition completely unusable, even when booting earlier versions of the kernel. Regardless the kernel level booted, the system now boots to a blank screen. Because of this, I had to report the error on my UbuntuStudio 14.04 partition, to which I have not yet applied updates. So the level of the Intel i915 driver package in this error report is the version prior to the updated version that (probably) caused the problem. 1. The release of ubuntu with the problem is Lubuntu 14.04.1, with a kernel version ending in ".39". 2. The last working version of xserver-xorg-video-intel is 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 I can't boot by Lubuntu partition anymore to tell you the version number that fails, but it is later than the indicated version. 3. Prior to installing system updates, my Lubuntu 14.04.01 system worked fine, and I was able to boot it and perform my suite of tests (it's a test system). After applying updates, it boots to a blank screen, and I cannot do anything with it. I expected the login screen to appear, but it doesn't, and there is no error message. 4. After applying system updates I expected my system to reboot normally, allowing me to login. Instead, a blank screen is displayed, with no error message, and the login screen does not appear after many minutes of waiting. If I hit the power button, it initiates shutdown. Hitting several keyboard characters (or typing my password to the blank screen) had no effect. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-lowlatency 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-lowlatency i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Nov 5 16:13:54 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-28 (191 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.3) SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1389904/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
