Comment 5 for bug 812638

Found the 2.6.38-11 proposed kernel from https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ppa/+build/2628440. Booting with i915.semaphores=1 seems to work without any visual problems, though on shutdown, it seems to be showing plymouth drawing on top of the fb console. Without i915.semaphores=0, the results have been a black part of the screen taking up either the right 1/3, the center 1/3, the whole screen (maybe more combinations but I stopped trying).