Comment 7 for bug 900246

From the normal boot logs it really seems like X knows what its doing. No errors plus meaningful mode set.

[ 14.093] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[ 14.093] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[ 14.094] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.094] compiled for 1.10.2.902, module version = 2.15.901
[ 14.094] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 14.094] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 10.0
...
[ 14.924] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0 139.00 1920 1980 2028 2050 1080 1090 1100 1130 -hsync -vsync (67.8 kHz)
...
[ 15.752] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 connected
...
[ 15.752] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1920x1080

Why then is there nothing on the screen?