Comment 38 for bug 403037

As of update of today evening (ubuntu beta)

- xserver-xorg-video-int 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu1
- kernel 2.6.31-13-generic
- i830M Chipset (Thinkpad R31)

and using an empty xorg.conf the system boots now without problems into the graphical user interface.

Using i915.modset=0 does not deliver kernel messages any more and lets start the system smoothly.
Not using it, the system also starts into the graphical (gnome) user interface, but gives some artifacts when the ubuntu login screen appears.

There is no difference in performance whether using i915.modset or not. The performance issues due to my statement in #23 and #25 are gone away completely ;)

Thanks very much for fixing these issues that would have made an update to 9.10 not possible on this notebook.

Greets Axel