[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-10-10 Thread ilanrab
Thank you for the suggestion, gmud. That's a good idea. Unfortunately I do not have the resources to install a fresh copy of Ubuntu on top of the existing Ubuntu partition that I am using. The Puppy Linux distro is running fully off an 8GB pendrive. Earlier today I installed the Glasen 0.7.7

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-10-09 Thread ilanrab
This issue has been floating around, in Ubuntu, for too long. Why wasn't it escalated? When my upgrade from 8.04LTS to 10.04.1LTS failed so miserably (Wireless problems and locking GPU problem) I moved myself to Puppy Linux. The Puppy distro does not lock up on me when I use graphics and video.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 568779] Re: [i855] 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen

2010-08-22 Thread ilanrab
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541511 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511 A couple of days ago I took the plunge. I upgraded the ubuntu system, that I used since 8.04LTS first came out, to 10.04.1LTS. BIG mistake. The two huting issues for my Dell Latitude D400 were: 1. The

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 447892] Re: [i855gm] Freeze shortly after X startup on Intel i855

2010-08-22 Thread ilanrab
On Dell Latitude D400 laptop, with 1GB RAM. Initiated an upgrade, from 8.04lts to 10.04.1lts, a few days ago. Uses the Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME graphics controller. After the upgrade was completed: At the end of the boot process, while the X-server is started, I get a blank screen and everything