Comment 0 for bug 267945

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

The -intel driver does not appear to work on the Dell Studio Hybrid (Mobile GM965 8086:2a02 / 1028:0279). On booting the Intrepid Alpha-4 cd and selecting either the Live CD option or the Install ubuntu option, the screen blanks and never comes back. I'm not certain if it is hanging at that point or waiting for input. Vt switching *sort of* works; about half the time if I ctrl-alt-f1/f2 several times, I'll see either a corrupted text screen or get an uncorrupted text screen, that I can log into and use; the other half of the time the console just remains blank.

I was able to successfully boot an old Gutsy Tribe 2 LiveCD using Safe Graphics mode (regular LiveCD hung as above). In this case, X seemed okay but I had trouble getting the wired network to connect to the network (kernel device driver problem?)

Next, I went back to the Intrepid Alpha-4 CD and switched it to the vesa driver. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to start up via startx (see the log file attached, which displays the error message).