Re: [ubuntu-uk] No output on laptop screen after upgrading to Karmic
I don't think I can take much credit for this one! you looked in the right place and solved it yourself I think Alan. ian pettitt wrote: > Thanks Alan - I think you have solved it! > > Looking through the bugs I found this: > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+question/85648 > > Adding i915.modeset=0 to the boot options fixed it! > > This is something that is mentioned in the beta release notes > http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/beta#Known%20issues > > I have spent most of the morning booting it up and checking the > /var/log/Xorg.0.log etc., looking at the bugs in Launchpad, check the > forums before posting to this list. There are quite a few forum threads > on ubuntuforums.org with people posting a similar problem. > > Hopefully this will get sorted quickly as the Dell I have is a very > "standard" system (you could even get in PC World) and I was > disappointed to see the latest Ubuntu not work with it straight away. > > However, I asked the question to right people, and got the answer almost > immediately - for that you have to love the open source community :-) > > Thanks Again > > Ian > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] No output on laptop screen after upgrading to Karmic
thanks - but I checked that many times before I dared posting this question. I also checked the screen brightness buttons and that I plugged it in. :-) Ian Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/10/30 ian pettitt : >> Hi >> I've upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 and I can no longer use it - the system >> boots and gets to login screen, but since there is no display I can't >> use it! I reinstalled 9.04 and downloaded the 9.10 Live Cd, which has >> the same problem - the display is blank. It does detect an external >> monitor so I can see the output on that, but that isn't a very practical >> solution. Changing the display properties for the laptop screen doesn't >> make any difference, whatever I try I do not get any thing on the laptop >> screen. > > Have you tried the good ol' Fn-F8 combination (or whatever the CRT/LCD > key is on the 1545, I assume it's the same as on the Vostro 1500)? > > Jonathon > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] No output on laptop screen after upgrading to Karmic
Thanks Alan - I think you have solved it! Looking through the bugs I found this: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+question/85648 Adding i915.modeset=0 to the boot options fixed it! This is something that is mentioned in the beta release notes http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/beta#Known%20issues I have spent most of the morning booting it up and checking the /var/log/Xorg.0.log etc., looking at the bugs in Launchpad, check the forums before posting to this list. There are quite a few forum threads on ubuntuforums.org with people posting a similar problem. Hopefully this will get sorted quickly as the Dell I have is a very "standard" system (you could even get in PC World) and I was disappointed to see the latest Ubuntu not work with it straight away. However, I asked the question to right people, and got the answer almost immediately - for that you have to love the open source community :-) Thanks Again Ian Alan Bell wrote: > do you get anything on screen as it boots? Does it get as far as the > login screen when you have it installed? > you could report a bug in xserver-xorg-video-intel > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel > > there are probably clues in /var/log/Xorg.0.log as to what is going on. > > Alan. > > ian pettitt wrote: >> Hi >> >> I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop and have been running 9.04 >> successfully since I bought it a couple of months ago. >> >> I've upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 and I can no longer use it - the system >> boots and gets to login screen, but since there is no display I can't >> use it! I reinstalled 9.04 and downloaded the 9.10 Live Cd, which has >> the same problem - the display is blank. It does detect an external >> monitor so I can see the output on that, but that isn't a very practical >> solution. Changing the display properties for the laptop screen doesn't >> make any difference, whatever I try I do not get any thing on the laptop >> screen. >> >> I am not sure how to fix this - i assumed that a Dell laptop would work >> "out of the box" with Karmic, but this isn't case for me. >> >> Thanks >> >> Ian >> >> > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] No output on laptop screen after upgrading to Karmic
2009/10/30 ian pettitt : > Hi > I've upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 and I can no longer use it - the system > boots and gets to login screen, but since there is no display I can't > use it! I reinstalled 9.04 and downloaded the 9.10 Live Cd, which has > the same problem - the display is blank. It does detect an external > monitor so I can see the output on that, but that isn't a very practical > solution. Changing the display properties for the laptop screen doesn't > make any difference, whatever I try I do not get any thing on the laptop > screen. Have you tried the good ol' Fn-F8 combination (or whatever the CRT/LCD key is on the 1545, I assume it's the same as on the Vostro 1500)? Jonathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] No output on laptop screen after upgrading to Karmic
do you get anything on screen as it boots? Does it get as far as the login screen when you have it installed? you could report a bug in xserver-xorg-video-intel https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel there are probably clues in /var/log/Xorg.0.log as to what is going on. Alan. ian pettitt wrote: > Hi > > I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop and have been running 9.04 > successfully since I bought it a couple of months ago. > > I've upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 and I can no longer use it - the system > boots and gets to login screen, but since there is no display I can't > use it! I reinstalled 9.04 and downloaded the 9.10 Live Cd, which has > the same problem - the display is blank. It does detect an external > monitor so I can see the output on that, but that isn't a very practical > solution. Changing the display properties for the laptop screen doesn't > make any difference, whatever I try I do not get any thing on the laptop > screen. > > I am not sure how to fix this - i assumed that a Dell laptop would work > "out of the box" with Karmic, but this isn't case for me. > > Thanks > > Ian > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
