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Eduard (eddy-spageddy) wrote : Re: Graphics problem - 80% of the Left hand side of screen solid black

@kaihengfeng;

I have tried both kernels you proposed, and can confirm what has been stated in the opensuse-Forum:
Both Kernels 4.11 and 4.12 SEEM to be working and show no graphic glitches.

So the first idea would be that something happend within the Kernel transition from 4.12 to 4.13, , but not too easy.
Trying to open differnet Applications with 4.12 shows that there is already something fishy going on with the graphics, e.g. LibreOffice will not start with Kernel 4.12 and I believe it must have to do with the graphics.

This is in accordance with the errors / logs / exceptions posted in the opensuse bug-report.

So for Computers / Laptops / Netbooks using the Intel Mobile 945 Chipsets and Ubuntu 17.10, I would personally recommend the 4.11 Kernel, for I found it to be most stable and all applications I have tested so far do work.

I can help with logs and dmesg if needed, please just tell me what logs you need.

For everyone who has this error, I will show you a workaround so you can still use your computer even after the update to 17.10.
The workaround consists of installing kernel 4.11 and using it.

Enter Grub (which is the startup manager) by holding down the shift key while booting.
If you have Grub showing up on every boot (e.g. if you have a multi OS and also have Win 7/8/10) installed, even better.
Now select Ubuntu ... enhanced options and then select starting up with the 4.10 Kernel (which still should be installed if you have updated from 17.04). If the option to start up with the 4.10 kernel is not available, select recovery mode (which should also work fine, but you have to work with a low resolution then)

In the 4.10 Ubuntu (recovery mode) open your browser and go to this directory:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.11/

under "Build for i386 succeeded" download these 3 files:

linux-headers-4.11.0-041100_4.11.0-041100.201705041534_all.deb
linux-headers-4.11.0-041100-generic_4.11.0-041100.201705041534_i386.deb
linux-image-4.11.0-041100-generic_4.11.0-041100.201705041534_i386.deb

After the download, put those 3 Files in a new, seperate folder, and open the directory with the terminal (right click on the folder --> open in Terminal).

In the Terminal post:

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Press enter and wait. The 4.11 Kernel will be installed, it takes a while.
After that, you can reboot your computer and in Grub in the enhanced options you can now start your computer with the 4.11 generic kernel, which works fine for me.

If you want Ubuntu to start up everytime with the 4.11 Kernel, you can use the "Grub Customzier" for that. Here is how you install the grub customizer:

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/04/install-grub-customizer-ubuntu-1404/

Let's hope that someone in this Linux world can make the Intel Mobile Graphics card work again in a de-bugged 4.13 kernel =)

Cheers and Kudos everyone !