Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg
I have an older Fujitsu Lifebook C7651 with a 1.2 Ghz Intel Pentium III - M processor, and Intel 830MG Video Chipset. I have used various flavors of linux on this laptop and each has worked well until the release of Ubuntu 7. I have had the same problem with the current release of Mandriva Linux. It seems that sometime between ubuntu 6 and ubuntu 7 the intel graphics driver was rewritten and the new software has caused problems with older intel chipsets. When I try to install the current ubuntu 8.04 beta in regular graphics mode the cd boots up and loads in non-gui mode then tries to go GUI and continues to load with a blank screen. After the CD drive quits spinning the screen dumps out to a command line. When I run the setup in "safe graphics" mode I get a hashed screen with various ghosted images, but I'm unable to see the screen enough to do any further setup. If I go back to an older Ubuntu 6 install things work fine. I found a mandriva bug -- https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34583 that seems to address the problem and a workaround was created. I thought that this workaround would have been integrated into the new distributions to help all of us with older systems with intel chipsets be able to keep up with the latest software. It seems though that I am still having the same problem with the current 8.04 heron beta. Is this bug going to be fixed for the new release or is it something that is still in the works? ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: xorg (Mandriva) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Bug watch added: Mandriva Linux #34583 http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34583 ** Also affects: xorg (Mandriva) via http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34583 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Unable to install with GUI on Fujitsu Lifebook C7651 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
