Despite the sarcasm, a warning message is not a bad idea. Would save us maintainers from having to continually WONTFIX these types of bug reports.
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: xorg + [Problem] + Support for 8xx chipsets is dodgy at best, due to insufficient upstream testing/development/priorities. Users frequently experience regressions and problems, which they find annoying. + For distro maintenance, we typically prioritize development work around + 915 and higher, and recommend owners of older hardware work directly + with upstream filing bugs at bugzilla.freedesktop.org rather than + launchpad. + + This report requests a warning be presented to users on 8xx intel chips + that they're going to be pretty much on their own if they run into + problems, and so should do ample testing on their own using livecds and + whatnot before risking an upgrade. + + 10.04 LTS was the last release us distro maintainers really paid + attention to 8xx problems, and so 8xx owners must be cautious upgrading + beyond that. + + [Original Report] Posted from the X11 recovery session. None of the sessions works (except the recovery session, but that doesn't count) after upgrade from Maverick to Natty: - Ubuntu : a dialog box says the hadware is does not accept Unity, then screen is garbled (reboot from linux console) - Ubuntu Classic : screen is garbled (reboot from linux console) - Ubuntu Classic (no effects) : system freeze Why the upgrade did not warn me about the lack of support for this hardware? I would not have upgraded. Or tested with the live CD. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None DRM.card0.VGA.1: status: connected enabled: enabled dpms: On modes: 1680x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400 edid-base64: AP///////wBMLQwDMjJFTQgSAQMOLx54KtUVpFVJmicUUFS/74CzAIGAgUBxTwEBAQEBAQEBfC6QoGAaHkAwIDYA2igRAAAaAAAA/QA4Sx5RDgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABTeW5jTWFzdGVyCiAgAAAA/wBIUzNRMjEyOTE1CiAgAEY= Date: Sun May 1 18:54:42 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-05-01 15:06:44.795705 DistroCodename: natty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.35-28-generic, i686: installed GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company D530 sff(dc578av) [103c:12bc] Lsusb: Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP d530 SFF(DG059T) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=5f7f6055-15cd-4412-bf5e-a49fcf303fe7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Renderer: Unknown SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-01 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/10/2003 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 786B2 v1.11 dmi.board.name: 085Ch dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC4161ZSK dmi.chassis.type: 4 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786B2v1.11:bd07/10/2003:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPd530SFF(DG059T):pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn085Ch:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct4:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP d530 SFF(DG059T) dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774999 Title: [i865G] Upgrade should warn user about lack of support for old 8xx intel hardware -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs