[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2015-09-27 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Aere Greenway, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- intel/+bug/1389904/comments/36 regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2015-04-24 Thread Aere Greenway
This problem appears to have been fixed in Lubuntu 15.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389904 Title: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2015-03-14 Thread Christian Brandt
My problem with my i810 seems to be the same and the crude fix of reinstalling the old version through sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg- video-intel=2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 and pinning it with sudo apt-mark hold xserver-xorg-video-intel=2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 is working. Let me tell you some background

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2015-02-24 Thread Dan
This seems pretty catastrophic, and there doesn't appear to be a solution for systems running 14.10 as far as I can see. Is there any solution other than reinstalling 14.04 and pinning the xserver-xorg- video-intel package? ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status:

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2015-02-24 Thread Aere Greenway
On 02/24/2015 03:08 PM, Dan wrote: This seems pretty catastrophic, and there doesn't appear to be a solution for systems running 14.10 as far as I can see. Is there any solution other than reinstalling 14.04 and pinning the xserver-xorg- video-intel package? ** Changed in:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2015-02-21 Thread John Hupp
I have found that 3 low-spec machines (different makes/models), all running Intel 810 video chipsets, all stalled when trying to boot as *buntu thin clients. When I applied the same workaround as in #30 and downgraded xserver-xorg-video-intel to 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1, all 3 now boot. So it seems

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2015-02-19 Thread John Hupp
Running Lubuntu 14.04.1 i386 desktop with an Intel 815 video chipset, I confirm the same behavior with any version of xserver-xorg-video-intel newer than 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1, but in terms of a workaround, I used Synaptic to force a downgrade, then I locked to that version, and so far software

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2015-02-19 Thread John Hupp
Original bug reporter Aere Greenway points out that I mis-observed. The behavior with Plymouth was already present even before I started troubleshooting, and I confirmed it with a fresh installation on a spare hard drive. I had forgotten about the Plymouth behavior while I was dealing with the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-12-31 Thread Aere Greenway
I re-tried my test where I installed Lubuntu 14.04.1, then applied updates. This time, I un-checked the X.org X server Intel i8xx ... update (so it wouldn't be installed), and installed updates. After installing updates, it shows that the 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version is the version installed. On

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-12-27 Thread Sudeep Dasgupta
I have an exactly similar issue. I have Intel 82815 graphics controller. On upgrading to Lubuntu 14.10, I hit the same white screen mentioned above. I had to finally reinstall Lubuntu 14.04 to get things working back. And I am not going ahead with the updates for now, which of course is not a long

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-12-10 Thread Aurimas Fišeras
I untrapped X signals, let X crash, unpacked the .crash file, opened the CoreDump file with gdb. This is the backtrace: #0 I810PreInit (scrn=0xb86e8a10, flags=0) at ../../../../src/legacy/i810/i810_driver.c:253 #1 0xb756a1f3 in InitOutput (pScreenInfo=pScreenInfo@entry=0xb7728f20 screenInfo,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-12-09 Thread Aurimas Fišeras
We experience the X crash with every PC with Intel 810/815 chipset and anything newer than xserver-xorg-video-intel=2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1. I dedicated one of the computers for finding the problem. I tried to report a bug with: sudo apport-bug /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash However, when I press

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-12-07 Thread rautamiekka
If we could use a virtual machine that emulates specific chips, we could check more on this ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389904 Title: With the recent

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-24 Thread Adriano C. de Moura
i have some problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389904 Title: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen To

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-24 Thread Aere Greenway
I think Adriano's problem (shown in a youtube video) is different than the one I reported. I just tried booting the live CD of Lubuntu 14.04.01 on the machine (which still uses the version of xserver-xorg-video-intel that works (before the system update), and it boots to the desktop with no

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-24 Thread Aere Greenway
I just did a fresh install of Lubuntu 14.04.1 on my HP DeskPro machine. It rebooted and let me login to the desktop the same as it did before I encountered the problem I reported. I then used synaptic package manager (package menu) to Lock Version of the xserver-xorg-video-intel package to the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-21 Thread Aere Greenway
This bug is classified as Incomplete, but in reviewing the material, I don't know what information you are needing to continue work on the bug. Could you please let me know what additional information you need? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-21 Thread Aere Greenway
Another user ran into the same problem. Here are excerpts from the e-mail stream: Using Lubuntu 14.04. After a software update/reboot yesterday could not access my desktop. Can still access the GRUB menu. How can I get my desktop back? I want to back up my files before anything else unexpected

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-13 Thread LHoust
The On-board i815 Graphics of an ASUS CUSL2 Motherboard boots to an Entirely White Screen when Xubuntu 14.04.1/Mythbuntu 14.04.1 Systems are booted. Virtual Terminals are mostly White, with Characters which are NOT legible. Typing Blindling into a Virtual Terminal, I succeeded in installing

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-07 Thread sudodus
I made a fresh install into an old IBM Thinkcentre 8187-73G with Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller. Lubuntu 14.04.1 and updated/dist-upgraded it. The only tweak I tested was UXA acceleration. Section Device Identifier Intel Graphics Driver intel Option

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-07 Thread Aere Greenway
When I boot Lubuntu 14.10 from a live-USB, it appears to do the same thing as when I rebooted after the system updates. It goes through the boot process, displaying Lubuntu 14.10 with the 4 flashing dots (displayed in text-mode with a light-blue background). Eventually, the background changes to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-07 Thread Aere Greenway
I tried a system-recovery boot of the '-39' kernel. I could 'drop to root prompt', and do apt-get commands, but on attempting that, it complained that it was not using a read-only lock file, and the apt-get commands would fail because it could not get the lock. The root command prompt is in my

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-07 Thread Aere Greenway
I did another test on this problem. On my UbuntuStudio partition of this machine, in Synaptic Package Manager, I locked the version of xserver-xorg-video-intel at version 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1. Then I applied system updates. On re-booting after applying updates, the system booted normally. I

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-07 Thread sudodus
Aere reported (comment #15) When I boot Lubuntu 14.10 from a live-USB, it appears to do the same thing as when I rebooted after the system updates. I assume 'the same thing as with 14.04.1 LTS after the system updates'. So I booted my IBM Thinkcentre (described in comment #14) with Lubuntu

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread Walter Lapchynski
It appears that this affects a very specific chip. That being said, I can't do much to help diagnose this. With that in mind, it would be useful to find out exactly what conditions are required for this to occur. Is it only that particular package? It should be tested across different OS versions

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread Brian Murray
Running apport-collect 1389904 would be useful as it will automatically gather information relevant to the xserver-xorg-video-intel package. ** Tags added: regression-update -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread Aere Greenway
On 11/06/2014 11:37 AM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: It appears that this affects a very specific chip. That being said, I can't do much to help diagnose this. With that in mind, it would be useful to find out exactly what conditions are required for this to occur. Is it only that particular

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread Aere Greenway
On 11/06/2014 11:37 AM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: It should be tested across different OS versions and flavors. Walter: I could test it on my UbuntuStudio partition, but if it has the same problem, I will have no bootable partition on that machine. One other piece of evidence regarding it, is

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread Aere Greenway
On 11/06/2014 11:46 AM, Brian Murray wrote: Running apport-collect 1389904 would be useful as it will automatically gather information relevant to the xserver-xorg-video-intel package. Brian: I would love to be able to do this on that system, but unfortunately, the updates rendered my system

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread Brian Murray
Can you not switch to a virtual terminal? If so then you should be able to install the old version of the package (provided you have a network connection) via a command like sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video- intel=2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1. The old version of the .deb might also exist in

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread Aere Greenway
On 11/06/2014 12:42 PM, Brian Murray wrote: Can you not switch to a virtual terminal? If so then you should be able to install the old version of the package (provided you have a network connection) via a command like sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video- intel=2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1. The old

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread Aere Greenway
On 11/06/2014 11:37 AM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: It appears that this affects a very specific chip. That being said, I can't do much to help diagnose this. With that in mind, it would be useful to find out exactly what conditions are required for this to occur. Is it only that particular

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-05 Thread Aere Greenway
The system on which I reported the problem uses the low-latency kernel, but the system having the problem does not. I had to report the problem on my UbuntuStudio partition on the same machine, which has not yet been updated (and won't be updated until this problem has been fixed). -- You

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-05 Thread Aere Greenway
An lspci command on this machine yields the following information: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-05 Thread Aere Greenway
The level of the package that failed (xserver-xorg-video-intel) is: 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.2 (trusty-updates) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389904 Title:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-05 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu.