[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 477134] Re: [i965gm] X server hard crash when kubuntu System Settings Display app is started

2010-05-11 Thread Carl Hauser
After doing a dist-upgrade to kubuntu 10.04 on the affected laptop I don't see this problem any more. I removed the nomodeset kernel commandline switch and also removed nosplash. It comes up in a good video mode and the display settings applet starts and runs fine. -- [i965gm] X server hard crash

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 477134] Re: [i965gm] X server hard crash when kubuntu System Settings Display app is started

2010-04-22 Thread Carl Hauser
Thanks for the prod. I have booted the kubuntu 10.4 beta 2 live image and I do NOT observe the crash (which did occur when booting live kubuntu 9.10 image). Since I use the installed system on this laptop for critical work I can't really mess with it by upgrading to the 10.4 beta 2, but once th

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 477134] Re: X server hard crash when kubuntu System Settings Display app is started

2009-12-09 Thread Carl Hauser
Following Martin's suggestion from Bug #490274 I added nomodeset to the kernel command line and all was well with kernels 2.6.31-14 and 2.6.31-15. When I picked up the update to 2.6.31-16 today things broke *worse*. It is still the case that booting without nomodeset and invoking the KDE display se

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start

2009-12-04 Thread Carl Hauser
I found the following workarounds: During grub boot (or in /boot/grub/menu.lst) edit the kernel options to include nosplash nomodeset There is still an error during X startup but now the "Exit to console login" works (consoles are no longer all black). Also after exiting to the console, sometime

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 491483] Re: afte recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start

2009-12-03 Thread Carl Hauser
I have very similar problems but the video driver in use is xserver- xorg-video-intel . In addition to "Ubuntu running in low-graphics mode" error though all video is unusable--drop to command prompt, etc, produce a few colored pixels on the virtual terminals but that's all. Recovery mode boots are