If you are going to use the initramfs-tools route, can you try putting this in your /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and then update your initrd?
# Enable Kernel Modesetting intel_agp drm i915 modeset=1 The order matters, just putting i915 modeset=1 won't load agp and drm for me as of initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu30. -- [945G/GZ] Kubuntu: no direct rendering (KMS bug) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377875 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp