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Hi there. I'm trying my best to file this properly, and I hope the report can help pinpoint the issue I'm having. Part of this is a repost from the SO INCREDIBLY HELPFUL Launchpad-Answers Ubuntu section, but I have some more information now and feel better about posting an official bug. Here goes: "Hey everyone. I've been using Ubuntu since Dapper, and for the most part it's been great times. My desktop computer is totally solid, even while running the Maverick beta. However, I've run into a large issue trying to get the current Maverick build running on my old laptop. The device in question is a Dell Inspiron 600M (got it from someone who didn't want it anymore). I had it running Lucid with no huge issues, but I wanted to take advantage of the nicer theme and upgrades to the package repos. I wouldn't have bothered this early, but as I said, it's been running nicely on my desktop. As such, I seem to have hit a pretty nasty bug/regression, and I'm wondering if anyone can help out. Here's what I've got: I installed the beta using the same cd I had made for my desktop. Installation went through without an issue, and I was able to reboot into my new desktop with no problem. However, after running update manager to do a partial upgrade into the current state of Maverick, I'm unable to get the computer to properly boot on restart. After the ubuntu logo shows up, insead of going properly to the login screen I get a strange graphic... basically a wall containing the purple/white-ish hues of the login background, but thinly vertically striped (it would seem, sort of hard to properly explain, as the stripes are the same color). If I blindly hit enter, and enter my password, the screen goes a strange pattern of grey (similar to the toolbars on the desktop). I couldn't get it to properly do anything from here, except that once or twice I was able to ctrl-alt-del and hit enter to shut down (so keyboard input is working). It kinda sounds like part of whatever is on the screen (a toolbar, for example) is being stretched through the whole screen, but it doesn't look like a resolution issue. I tried reinstalling many, many times (very tedious) in different fashions, to try and nail down what might be the culprit..." And I think I have! I've gone through over 400 packages, often updating one at a time and then restarting to try and find which package is giving me trouble, and it seems to be this one: upon installing gnome- settings daemon on a Maverick Beta build and restarting, I'm getting the graphical corruption again. I posted my issue on September 19th, so the issue must have happened in an update to g-s-d between the publishing of the beta iso (September 2nd) and then. If it helps, I've tried installing the RC directly using that iso, and I get the same corruption. So... I dunno. I've spent a lot of time trying to figure this out, since no one seemed interested in helping with the grunt-work. Is there anything I can do to further nail down this bug? I'd really like to help get it fixed before Maverick final comes out, assuming it isn't something specific to my laptop specifically. I've run out of computers to test, and my desktop is still running up-to-date Maverick perfectly. Help? ** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Corrupt graphics after bootsplash on dell inspiron 600m https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653443 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server 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