Comment 6 for bug 1507255

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote :

How do I tell if this Lenovo M58p has the Intel GMA4500 chip?
Wily gives me fits with hashing. Can't read text even.
Xenial slightly better. Text sent out by Ubuntu is totally hashed. Text I type in on the terminal window is readable. Wallpaper and images are hashed unintelligible.

Current workaround, this is Xenial with 3.17.8031708 installed from Ubuntu Kernels:
DISTRIB_RELEASE=15.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=wily
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 15.10"
Linux Lenovo2 3.17.8-031708-generic #201501081837 SMP Thu Jan 8 18:39:03 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

ls /boot:
abi-3.17.1-031701-generic grub memtest86+.elf vmlinuz-3.17.1-031701-generic
abi-4.2.0-16-generic initrd.img-3.17.1-031701-generic memtest86+_multiboot.bin vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic
config-3.17.1-031701-generic initrd.img-4.2.0-16-generic System.map-3.17.1-031701-generic
config-4.2.0-16-generic memtest86+.bin System.map-4.2.0-16-generic

The 4.1.0-16 is totally unusable.
Oddly uname-a reports
Linux Lenovo2 3.17.8-031708-generic #201501081837 SMP Thu Jan 8 18:39:03 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
which doesn't seem to match ls /boot? And doesn't match the .deb:
linux-image-3.17.1-031701-generic_3.17.1-031701.201410150735_amd64.deb

Anyway, it works, just I'm not testing Xenial...... I've Acer and HP laptops running Wily fine. Will try Xenial on them time permitting.