Comment 89 for bug 431812

Running a very new system with Intel i915 integrated graphics, the only option for me to get around the blank screen after boot was to add "i915.modeset=0" to the boot options.

But that leaves me trapped in vesa mode, which means 1024x768 and 800x600 mode only, which are both not the native resolution of my display and distort the whole GUI.

This bug report here seems to be the more general problem, while the specific detailed bug for my system is described in bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/608907