[Bug 568779] Re: 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen (intel 82852/855GM graphic card)

2010-04-28 Thread Alban
Ok so, 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 (Applicati

[Bug 568779] Re: 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen (intel 82852/855GM graphic card)

2010-04-28 Thread el_smurfo
Alex, I wasn't implying that we were going to roll this out to our developers, just that emphasizing the seemingly low priority given to this bug considering the prevalence of these chipsets. Like the previous commenter, I can only imagine the thousands of bad impressions new users will get when

[Bug 568779] Re: 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen (intel 82852/855GM graphic card)

2010-04-28 Thread Alex Denvir
el_smurfo: You could also try having a read over https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes The issue is (as stated on the wiki) that support for this particular graphics adapter is poor. Different workarounds will work for different people, and there is no one workaround for all (yet). The

[Bug 568779] Re: 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen (intel 82852/855GM graphic card)

2010-04-28 Thread Alban
I make a full upgrade of my laptop. Try the new xserver-xorg-video-intel-2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5 instead of -3ubuntu3 with different kernel : - kernel 2.6.31-02063111-generic -> boot is clean and works nicely - kernel 2.6.32-21-generic -> boot with bad graphic and black screen - kernel 2.6.32-21-386 ->

[Bug 568779] Re: 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen (intel 82852/855GM graphic card)

2010-04-28 Thread el_smurfo
Now I'm totally confused. Geir is stating that re-enabling DRI solved the problem, but then links to a related bug where the solution was disabling DRI. Why does this work flawlessly with my .19 kernel boot from a few weeks ago? -- 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen (intel 82852/855GM graph

[Bug 568779] Re: 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen (intel 82852/855GM graphic card)

2010-04-28 Thread Baard Johansen
If I understood Geir Ove Myhr correctly, re-enabling DRI solved the problem for most users. The fact that they have not re-spun another release candidate does not imply that this will be broken in the final release. -- 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen (intel 82852/855GM graphic card) https: