Comment 13 for bug 403037

Forwarding this bug from Ubuntu reporter jerrylamos:
http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/403037

[Problem]
Hangs after login with brown screen and cursor. Regression with the 2.8.0 driver.

[Original Description]
karmic 2.6.31-3 with intel driver 2.8.0 on IBM Thinkpad R31 i830 video graphics. Hangs after login with brown screen and cursor. Keyboard not responsive except power off.

Karmic was running O.K. fresh install of daily build 20090217. Then did apt-get update, dist-upgrade on 20090722 which included intel driver 2.8.0.

Dual booted Intrepid (distinctly better video response!) to get .xsession-errors, Xorg.0.log, syslog, lspci -vvnn which will be attached following.

Alpha3 booted on my i845 by passing the "nomodeset" parameter and booting "vesa" driver. But this doesn't work on the i830 since booting with driver vesa doesn't work on jaunty or intrepid on the i830 either.