I just wanted to include some more info. (below). Oh, I noticed that Ubuntu correctly identified my video, the others did not. Laptop: Compaq Presario X1000, 1 Mb RAM, Centrino. Ubuntu 9.04 vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic and vmlinuz-2.6.28-19-generic Work fine when laptop is unpluged and is running on battery power. lshw output: ----------------------------------------------------------------- laptopwgl     description: Notebook     product: Compaq Presario X1000 DK571A#ABA     vendor: Hewlett-Packard     version: F.09     serial: CND32802JC     width: 32 bits     capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3     configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook uuid=D9DE7020-3EC3-D711-02A0-669906293129   *-core        description: Motherboard        product: 0860        vendor: COMPAL        physical id: 0        version: 8051 Version 24.1B      *-firmware           description: BIOS           vendor: Hewlett-Packard           physical id: 0           version: 68BAL Ver. F.09 (08/15/2003)           size: 128KiB           capacity: 960KiB           capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb agp ls120boot smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot      *-cpu           description: CPU           product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1300MHz           vendor: Intel Corp.           physical id: 4           bus info: cpu@0           version: 6.9.5           slot: U10           size: 600MHz           capacity: 1300MHz           width: 32 bits           clock: 100MHz           capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe up bts est tm2 cpufreq         *-cache:0              description: L1 cache              physical id: 5              slot: Internal L1 Cache              size: 64KiB              capacity: 64KiB              capabilities: burst internal write-back unified         *-cache:1              description: L2 cache              physical id: 6              slot: Internal L2 Cache              size: 1MiB              capacity: 1MiB              capabilities: burst external write-back unified      *-memory           description: System Memory           physical id: 9           slot: System board or motherboard           size: 1280MiB         *-bank:0              description: SODIMM DDR Synchronous              physical id: 0              slot: DIMM #1              size: 1GiB              width: 64 bits         *-bank:1              description: SODIMM DDR Synchronous              physical id: 1              slot: DIMM #2              size: 256MiB              width: 64 bits      *-pci           description: Host bridge           product: 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller           vendor: Intel Corporation           physical id: 100           bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0           version: 03           width: 32 bits           clock: 33MHz           configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp         *-pci:0              description: PCI bridge              product: 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1              bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0              version: 03              width: 32 bits              clock: 66MHz              capabilities: pci bus_master            *-display UNCLAIMED                 description: VGA compatible controller                 product: Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc                 physical id: 0                 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0                 version: 01                 width: 32 bits                 clock: 66MHz                 capabilities: agp agp-2.0 pm bus_master cap_list                 configuration: latency=128 mingnt=8         *-usb:0              description: USB Controller              product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1d              bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0              version: 01              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: bus_master              configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd         *-usb:1              description: USB Controller              product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1d.1              bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1              version: 01              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: bus_master              configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd         *-usb:2              description: USB Controller              product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1d.2              bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2              version: 01              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: bus_master              configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd         *-usb:3              description: USB Controller              product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1d.7              bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7              version: 01              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list              configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd         *-pci:1              description: PCI bridge              product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1e              bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0              version: 81              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: pci bus_master            *-firewire                 description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)                 product: VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller                 vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.                 physical id: 0                 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0                 version: 80                 width: 32 bits                 clock: 33MHz                 capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list                 configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=128 maxlatency=32 module=ohci1394            *-network:0                 description: Ethernet interface                 product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+                 vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.                 physical id: 1                 bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0                 logical name: eth0                 version: 20                 serial: 00:02:3f:63:7d:f5                 size: 10MB/s                 capacity: 100MB/s                 width: 32 bits                 clock: 33MHz                 capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation                 configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139cp driverversion=1.3 duplex=half latency=128 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139cp multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s            *-network:1                 description: Wireless interface                 product: PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter                 vendor: Intel Corporation                 physical id: 2                 bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0                 logical name: eth1                 version: 04                 serial: 00:04:23:59:b1:d5                 width: 32 bits                 clock: 33MHz                 capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless                 configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2100 driverversion=git-1.2.2 firmware=712.0.3:3:00000001 ip=192.168.1.105 latency=128 link=yes maxlatency=34 mingnt=2 module=ipw2100 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b            *-pcmcia                 description: CardBus bridge                 product: CB1410 Cardbus Controller                 vendor: ENE Technology Inc                 physical id: 4                 bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0                 version: 00                 width: 32 bits                 clock: 33MHz                 capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list                 configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192 module=yenta_socket         *-isa              description: ISA bridge              product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1f              bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0              version: 01              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: isa bus_master              configuration: latency=0         *-ide              description: IDE interface              product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1f.1              bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1              logical name: scsi0              logical name: scsi1              version: 01              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: ide bus_master emulated              configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0            *-disk                 description: ATA Disk                 product: WDC WD1200BEVE-0                 vendor: Western Digital                 physical id: 0                 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0                 logical name: /dev/sda                 version: 01.0                 serial: WD-WXEY07X75725                 size: 111GiB (120GB)                 capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos                 configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=34d434d3               *-volume:0                    description: Windows NTFS volume                    physical id: 1                    bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1                    logical name: /dev/sda1                    logical name: /media/disk                    version: 3.1                    serial: e4413752-54e6-8e44-bab0-3bdf277080b2                    size: 92GiB                    capacity: 92GiB                    capabilities: primary ntfs initialized                    configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-08-29 05:58:23 filesystem=ntfs mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted               *-volume:1                    description: EXT3 volume                    vendor: Linux                    physical id: 2                    bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2                    logical name: /dev/sda2                    logical name: /                    version: 1.0                    serial: b6d4397e-e5d4-4e02-803a-eb1f7bfd41dd                    size: 13GiB                    capacity: 13GiB                    capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized                    configuration: created=2010-10-15 16:23:18 filesystem=ext3 modified=2010-10-15 16:40:25 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2010-10-15 16:40:25 state=mounted               *-volume:2                    description: Linux swap volume                    physical id: 3                    bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3                    logical name: /dev/sda3                    version: 1                    serial: 298eea9c-c321-4c30-9eb5-75ac41bee1c6                    size: 2580MiB                    capacity: 2580MiB                    capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized                    configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096            *-cdrom                 description: DVD writer                 product: DVD-RW GWA-4080N                 vendor: HL-DT-ST                 physical id: 1                 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0                 logical name: /dev/cdrom                 logical name: /dev/cdrw                 logical name: /dev/dvd                 logical name: /dev/dvdrw                 logical name: /dev/scd0                 logical name: /dev/sr0                 version: 0C09                 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r                 configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc         *-serial UNCLAIMED              description: SMBus              product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1f.3              bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3              version: 01              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              configuration: latency=0         *-multimedia              description: Multimedia audio controller              product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1f.5              bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5              version: 01              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list              configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 module=snd_intel8x0         *-communication UNCLAIMED              description: Modem              product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 1f.6              bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6              version: 01              width: 32 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: pm cap_list              configuration: latency=0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- On Thu, 10/14/10, Daniel Botelho