You have been subscribed to a public bug: The new Intel processors have the graphics card integrated on themselves. As it turns out, current stable ubutnu (10.04) with all updates applied cannot boot with this graphics adapter,.
The only working solution as of now is to: set Xorg driver to vesa and pass i915.modeset=0 parameter to kernel in grub. It is possible to use x-updates ppa to get newer intel driver, which allows to use external monitor, however, if one doesn't connect external monitor to the computer, the system won't boot. So, the workaround is the only solution for a notebook at the moment Seems that a newer kernel (branch 2.6.33 at minimum) and new intel driver are both needed to get this work properly. The current Maverick Meerkat alpha fails to boot as well. I found a bug on LP related to this, but reported only with new MacBooks and it's connected with ATI driver. I think that this bug probably affects all notebooks which use Core i5 and it's integrated graphics chip. Confirmed on 2 different Lenovo models and a Dell laptop. ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Integrated intel graphics GMA HD doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590504 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