Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
After upgrading to Natty, I cannot boot without getting very odd output from X. The text is wavy, blurry, and unreadable. This only happens in kernels 2.6.38 and up and also happens if I boot a different Linux distro using a kernel >= 2.6.38 (i.e. Fedora). I can use Unity under 2.6.35. Here is a video of after I boot and then drop down into a terminal with Ctl-Alt-F2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8H6KB7N42o I can run commands although I can't visibly see the output. I can only understand what is happening if I know what sort of "shape" the output text should look like. Everything worked fine in Ubuntu 10.10. I cannot boot the live CD, nor any other distro with Kernel 2.6.38 and greater. What else can I do to help get a fix in for this bug? Here is some more relevant information: $ sudo lshw -c video [sudo] password for ryan: *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller product: GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a2 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:ac000000-acffffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff memory:ae000000-afffffff ioport:2000(size=128) *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 02 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:46 memory:f2000000-f23fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8) The only strange things in X.org (I don't know if these are related): [ 20.144] (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:00:02.0: No such file or directory [ 20.144] (EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master. [ 20.144] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32 [ 20.144] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 [ 20.144] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888 [ 20.144] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor [ 20.144] (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Arrandale [ 20.144] (--) intel(0): Chipset: "Arrandale" [ 20.144] (**) intel(0): Relaxed fencing disabled [ 20.144] (**) intel(0): Framebuffer tiled [ 20.144] (**) intel(0): Pixmaps tiled [ 20.144] (**) intel(0): 3D buffers tiled [ 20.144] (**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled [ 20.144] (==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe [ 20.144] (EE) intel(0): failed to get resources: Bad file descriptor [ 20.144] (II) UnloadModule: "intel" [ 20.144] (II) Unloading intel [ 20.144] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. [ 20.144] Fatal server error: [ 20.144] no screens found [ 20.144] This is also a question I posted in the "answers" section with the same information: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg- video-intel/+question/156082 ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/777815 Title: [i915] Weird output after X starts _______________________________________________ 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