Comment 103 for bug 572521

I might have an inspiron 1501 I'm not using. I can send it to a dev if it
would help. Need an address though

/ Tomas
On Sep 29, 2013 4:45 AM, "Randy Earl" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was just searching this topic and found this thread, as I have an
> Inspiron 1501 and was just having this problem trying to install Linux
> Mint 15.
>
> I tried Ubuntu 13.04 (32bit) live USB, I booted both in 'nomodeset' and
> 'radeon.modeset=0'. In both cases, it booted to the screen with colored
> vertical lines. I was able to duplicate the effect of shutting the lid
> to suspend it, then when I opened and resumed the session the graphics
> were OK!
>
> So that was the standard release, but I will also test the development
> release you linked to above. Not sure I can do all the tracking you
> asked for, as I'm not a developer, but will see what happens.
>
> thanks,
> Randy Earl
>
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> Title:
> vertical coloured lines on bootup dell inspiron 1501 (still in 13.04)
>
> Status in The Linux Kernel:
> Invalid
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xorg
>
> Have just updated to 10.04, on a dell inspiron 1501, 2.6.32-21-generic
> just stops with coloured vertical lines on the screen.
> 2.6.31-20-generic loads ok.
> If left to go into sleep state due to inactivity, then when awoken works
> ok
> ---
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1501
> Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=1b86148e-0a18-4a76-b4a0-5cbf3cbc36ed ro quiet
> splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
> Tags: lucid lucid
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
> dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2007
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 2.6.3
> dmi.board.name: 0UW744
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.6.3:bd12/07/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1501:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0UW744:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
> dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1501
> dmi.product.version: Not Specified
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
> system:
> distro: Ubuntu
> codename: lucid
> architecture: i686
> kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic
>
> ---
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1501
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=1b86148e-0a18-4a76-b4a0-5cbf3cbc36ed ro quiet
> splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
> Tags: lucid lucid
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
> dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2007
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 2.6.3
> dmi.board.name: 0UW744
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.6.3:bd12/07/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1501:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0UW744:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
> dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1501
> dmi.product.version: Not Specified
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
> system:
> distro: Ubuntu
> codename: lucid
> architecture: i686
> kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic
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