This is likely to be the KMS blacklist introduced on those cards in the 2.6.32-21 kernel. Turning on KMS back on ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes has details) will probably fix this for you.
Could you please try that and report whether it works? ** Summary changed: - xserver fails to start after splash, screens turns black, no response, hard reboot needed + [kms-blacklisted][855] Black screen on boot without KMS ** Summary changed: - [kms-blacklisted][855] Black screen on boot without KMS + [kms-blacklisted][855] Black screen on boot without -- [kms-blacklisted][855] Black screen on boot without https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566133 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
